Efforts should be made so that possible work can be done with minimum effort. Load is defined as the amount of work done by an individual’s body. It is the psychological and physiological demand put on the body parts through motor stimuli resulting in improvement and maintenance of higher performance capacity. Sports training consists of physical exercises. Therefore one needs to be aware of how much training load helps to stimulate various organs of the body, so that the maximum benefits can be achieved.
Over Load
During training of sports persons, load is given to the players according to their capacity. Whenever this load goes beyond the capacity of an individual, the physiological and psychological functions get disturbed. Though this increased load does not affect the sports person immediately, if the administration of the overload continues for a longer period, it results in decrease of his/her performance.
The important signs and symptoms of over load are:
(i) fatigue,
(ii) decline in performance,
(iii) loss of interest in sports,
(iv) loss of concentration,
(v) lack of motivation,
(vi) sleep disorder and
(vii) loss of appetite
(viii) prone to injuries.
