ABSTRACT
Specificity of training is increasingly acknowledged as fundamental in shaping training responses (Baechle et al., 2000; Kraemer et al., 2002). Training specificity encapsulates two key concepts. The first is that the nature of a training response is dependent – hence specific to – the nature of the particular training stimulus. The second, a corollary of the first, is that the degree to which training resembles – i.e. is specific to – conditions faced during competition influences the transfer of training to performance. These two concepts arise repeatedly in all aspects of physical preparation.
