The physical preparation of the athlete

The increase in sports performance is the primary objective of both coaches and athletes, and is the result of several factors, some of which can be influenced or improved and others that cannot be modified. However, among all the variables of sports performance, the preparation of the athlete, also known as training, stands out.For Delgado et al. (2006), training is a physical sports system that includes the set of activities that allow increasing the athlete's performance. Therefore, it can be defined as "a process of development, consciously directed, of the motor skills that ensure the achievement of previously set results, this system is based on a series of preparations that seek the improvement of various fundamental elements for the achievement of the expected success.