USAW Level 1 Chp 1 Questions and
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8,7 - ✔✔For weightlifting competition, how many categories are there for men and
women respectively?
Ground based and functional, Multi-joint actions, Develops the core and kinesthetic
awareness, Hypertrophy and neural adaptations, enhances flexibility, improved ability
to promote force attenuation - ✔✔What are all the key benefits of weightlifting?
Ground based and functional - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with the
foundation of power generation in the vast
majority of sports?
Multi-joint actions - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with the movements
requiring the body to innervate muscles spanning over several joints in a specific order?
Develops the core and kinesthetic awareness - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to
do with an understanding of where an athlete's body and the barbell are in space?
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,Hypertrophy and neural adaptations - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with
an increase in muscle fiber diameter, and improved inter and intramuscular
coordination, motor unit recruitment, and firing rate?
Enhances flexibility - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with athletes increasing
ROM in their ankles, hips, spine, wrists, and shoulders?
Improved ability to promote force attenuation - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to
do with weightlifters developing the skill and physical conditioning to receive external
objects such as heavy weights and bring them under control safely and efficiently?
8'x8' - ✔✔What is the width and length of a weightlifting platform?
1.5" to 3" - ✔✔What is the height of a weightlifting platform?
24" all directions - ✔✔How much space and in what direction(s) do you need between
the platform and other objects i.e. walls, racks, other platforms etc.?
3 to 5 - ✔✔When working with a large number of athletes how many should you put in
a group per platform?
Enclosed, reasonably lightweight, have a raised heel, are nonslip. - ✔✔What are the
recommended requirements for weightlifting shoes?
Nothing should be on them - ✔✔How should the platforms be maintained?
Form fitting clothes, pants - ✔✔What kind of attire should be worn during practice?
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, Pumice stone, non-greasy hand lotion - ✔✔How can an athlete take care of their hands?
Don't walk in front of the platform, cut out idle chatter, no earphones - ✔✔What are
etiquettes that should be taught to athletes?
Cognitive, Associative, Autonomous - ✔✔What are the three stages of Motor Learning?
Cognitive - ✔✔What stage of learning has to do with the beginner attempting to form a
mental plan or scheme of performance that will govern his actions. During this stage,
the performer is concerned with the
organization of, which movements to make rather than how to make them?
Associative - ✔✔What stage of learning has to do with the refinement stage; the athlete
understands the core element of the skill and now the emphasis is on making the
movement more efficient and smooth. The athlete now recognizes errors in
performance without direction from the coach?
Autonomous - ✔✔What stage of learning has to do with movements that make up the
motor responses have become more automatic?
Corrections that affect safety - ✔✔What are the first things you need to address as a
coach in an athlete's movement?
Fundamental errors - ✔✔What is the second thing you need to address as a coach in an
athlete's movement?
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8,7 - ✔✔For weightlifting competition, how many categories are there for men and
women respectively?
Ground based and functional, Multi-joint actions, Develops the core and kinesthetic
awareness, Hypertrophy and neural adaptations, enhances flexibility, improved ability
to promote force attenuation - ✔✔What are all the key benefits of weightlifting?
Ground based and functional - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with the
foundation of power generation in the vast
majority of sports?
Multi-joint actions - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with the movements
requiring the body to innervate muscles spanning over several joints in a specific order?
Develops the core and kinesthetic awareness - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to
do with an understanding of where an athlete's body and the barbell are in space?
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,Hypertrophy and neural adaptations - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with
an increase in muscle fiber diameter, and improved inter and intramuscular
coordination, motor unit recruitment, and firing rate?
Enhances flexibility - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to do with athletes increasing
ROM in their ankles, hips, spine, wrists, and shoulders?
Improved ability to promote force attenuation - ✔✔What benefit of weightlifting has to
do with weightlifters developing the skill and physical conditioning to receive external
objects such as heavy weights and bring them under control safely and efficiently?
8'x8' - ✔✔What is the width and length of a weightlifting platform?
1.5" to 3" - ✔✔What is the height of a weightlifting platform?
24" all directions - ✔✔How much space and in what direction(s) do you need between
the platform and other objects i.e. walls, racks, other platforms etc.?
3 to 5 - ✔✔When working with a large number of athletes how many should you put in
a group per platform?
Enclosed, reasonably lightweight, have a raised heel, are nonslip. - ✔✔What are the
recommended requirements for weightlifting shoes?
Nothing should be on them - ✔✔How should the platforms be maintained?
Form fitting clothes, pants - ✔✔What kind of attire should be worn during practice?
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, Pumice stone, non-greasy hand lotion - ✔✔How can an athlete take care of their hands?
Don't walk in front of the platform, cut out idle chatter, no earphones - ✔✔What are
etiquettes that should be taught to athletes?
Cognitive, Associative, Autonomous - ✔✔What are the three stages of Motor Learning?
Cognitive - ✔✔What stage of learning has to do with the beginner attempting to form a
mental plan or scheme of performance that will govern his actions. During this stage,
the performer is concerned with the
organization of, which movements to make rather than how to make them?
Associative - ✔✔What stage of learning has to do with the refinement stage; the athlete
understands the core element of the skill and now the emphasis is on making the
movement more efficient and smooth. The athlete now recognizes errors in
performance without direction from the coach?
Autonomous - ✔✔What stage of learning has to do with movements that make up the
motor responses have become more automatic?
Corrections that affect safety - ✔✔What are the first things you need to address as a
coach in an athlete's movement?
Fundamental errors - ✔✔What is the second thing you need to address as a coach in an
athlete's movement?
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