A basketball player sets a goal of improving their vertical jump by 5 cm over a 12-week program. When retested at week 6, they have already achieved this improvement. The trainer sets a new target and increases the difficulty of the jump training.
This scenario best demonstrates which aspect of assessment-based program development?
- Reassessment confirms the program is effective, so it should continue unchanged until the planned end date.
- Reassessment allows goals and training demands to be updated as the athlete's capacity improves.
- Early improvement shows the baseline test was inaccurate, so initial testing should be repeated.
- Rapid improvement indicates a risk of overtraining, so training load should be reduced.