Energy systems interacting with netball
Thursday, 3 April 2014
5:03 PM
 Choose a sport or a position within a sport. Explain how the 3 energy
systems interacts and contribute to an athletics performance.
Netball: GA
ATP-PC - The ATP-PC energy system is used in the sport netball, when you
are a GA player because of all of the short, sharp movements that are used
when trying to manoeuvre around the court. An example of this system
taking place is when you are starting with the ball and want to break to be
available for the centre pass. You would use your ATP-PC system as you use
a burst of energy starting out the game. This will continue for around 10
seconds and then your Lactic Acid system will take over.
Lactic Acid - The Lactic Acid system is used after the ATP-PC system has
run out. The Lactic Acid system is a burst of energy that lasts for around
3 minutes. This is around the time that would be spent trying to get the
ball down to the goal circle for the first time in the game. After the three
minutes is up the aerobic system will come into play. The amount of
recovery time is an estimated 20-60 minutes.
Aerobic system - After a rough time period of 3 minutes into the game.
The aerobic system will take place in the body. By this time, the ATP-PC
system will have recovered so, together, the ATP-PC system and the
aerobic system will be working in the body. Once the aerobic system is
'activated' it will stay active for the whole time that you are playing the
game. The ATP-PC system will run low on fuel once again after around
another 10 seconds, then the aerobic system will entirely take over. After
around 20 - 60 minutes, the lactic acid system will have recovered and will
work with the aerobic system to provide you with energy. Once the lactic
acid system has run out, the aerobic system will fully take over once again.
This process will continue for the remainder of the game. Usually the full
recovery time for the aerobic system would total around 1-3 days.
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