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 …
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.
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 ...
Standing Stork Test - BrianMac
WEBHow to conduct the test. The athlete warms up for 10 minutes. The athlete stands comfortably on both feet with their hands on their hips. The athlete lifts the right leg and places the sole of the right foot against the side of the left kneecap. The assistant gives the command “GO”, starts the stopwatch, and the athlete raises the heel of ...
Sit and Reach Test - BrianMac
WEBHow to conduct the test. The Sit and Reach Test is conducted as follows: The athlete warms up for 10 minutes and then removes their shoes. The assistant secures the ruler to the box top with the tape so that the front edge of the box lines up with the 15cm (6 inches) mark on the ruler, and the zero end of the ruler points towards the athlete.
Multistage Fitness Test or Bleep Test - BrianMac
WEBThis test requires the athlete to run 20m in time with a beep from a CD recording. The athlete must place one foot on or beyond the 20m marker at the end of each shuttle. The athlete warms up for 10 minutes. The assistant measures out a 20-metre section and marks each end with marker cones. The assistant starts the CD, and the athlete commences ...
200 metres Training - BrianMac
WEBThe pace indicated for the sessions is in terms of the percentage of a distance pb. e.g. 6 x 120 metres at 80% of 200 metres tpb. If the athlete has a target personal best (tpb) of 22.0 seconds for the 200 metres, then running at 80% pace would require the athlete to complete the 200 metres in 27.5 seconds (22 x 100 ÷ 80), so the 120 metres ...