BrianMac Sports Coach
WEBBrianMac was a Level 4 Performance Coach with British Athletics, the Uk's National Governing body for Track and Field Athletics. Brian has 40+ years experience as an endurance athlete competing over distances from 5k to 50k on the roads, fells and mountains. He has 30+ years of experience as an athletics coach helping sprinters and …
Performance Evaluation Tests - more than 101 available
WEBExamples of such tests are: Time trials - speed, speed endurance, endurance. Muscular endurance - chins, push-ups, dips. Strength maximum - single repetitions, maximum repetitions. Explosive strength - power bounding, vertical jump, overhead shot putt. Mobility - objective measurements of the range of movement. Event-specific.
BrianMac Sports Coach
WEBBrianMac was a Level 4 Performance Coach with British Athletics, the Uk's National Governing body for Track and Field Athletics. Brian has 40+ years experience as an endurance athlete competing over distances from 5k to 50k on the roads, fells and mountains. He has 30+ years of experience as an athletics coach helping sprinters and …
Strength Training - BrianMac
WEBStrength training results in muscle hypertrophy, an increase in the cross-sectional size of existing fibres. This is achieved by increasing: number of myofibrils. sarcoplasmic volume. protein. supporting connective tissue (ligaments and tendons) Strength training programs increase intramuscular stores such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP ...
Sprinting - BrianMac
WEBSprinting. The sprints include the following track events: 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 x 100-metre relay and the 4 x 400-metre relay. Although the sprints are events in themselves, the ability to sprint is an essential weapon in an athlete's armoury for many track and field events and sports.
Football - BrianMac
WEBHow to improve your soccer strength and speed (power) Importance of strength training in football. Interval training for the game's player. Interval Training for football players. Kicking Accuracy. Level of fitness required for any aspiring professional football player. Low Down on Aussie Rules Football. Nutritional advice for football players.
Sargent Jump Test or Vertical Jump Test - brianmac.co.uk
WEBSargent Jump Test. Testing and measurement are the means of collecting information upon which subsequent performance evaluations and decisions are made.In the analysis, we need to consider factors influencing the results.. The Sargent Jump Test (Sargent 1921), also known as the vertical jump test, was developed by Dr Dudley Allen Sargent (1849 …
BrianMac Sports Coach
WEBAdvice on topics relating to athletic development, exercise physiology and successful coaching for athletes, sports science students and coaches
Sport specific performance evaluation tests - BrianMac
WEBSport Specific Performance Tests. With so many tests to choose from, selecting appropriate tests for a sport can be confusing. Below I have identified a selection of sports and suggested a possible test to evaluate each athlete's fitness components.
Training Articles - Evaluation - BrianMac
WEBTraining Articles - Evaluation. Nature has blessed us with five senses, one of which - the ability to talk, is a great way of self-regulating the intensity of your training activity as an athlete. Traditionally, the talk test has remained almost the exclusive preserve of the endurance athlete, but it is used both for the middle-distance athlete ...
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