BrianMac Sports Coach
网页BrianMac 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
网页Examples 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
网页BrianMac 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
网页Sprinting. 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.
Circuit Training - BrianMac
网页Circuit training is an excellent way to improve mobility, strength and stamina. The circuit training comprises 6 to 10 strength exercises completed one exercise after another. Each exercise is performed for a specified number of repetitions or for a set time before moving on to the next exercise. The exercises within each circuit are separated ...
Speed Training - BrianMac
网页Downhill sprinting is a method of developing running speed following the acceleration phase. Use 40 to 60 metres to build up to full speed and then maintain the speed for 30 metres. A session could comprise 2 to 3 sets of 3 to 6 repetitions. This method's difficulty is to finding a suitable hill with a safe surface.
Balance Test - Standing Stork Test (Blind) - BrianMac
网页The athlete stands comfortably on both feet with their hands on their hips. The athlete lifts the right leg, places the sole of the right foot against the side of the left kneecap and closes both eyes. The assistant gives the command “GO”, starts the stopwatch, and the athlete raises the heel of the left foot to stand on their toes.
Sit and Reach Test - BrianMac
网页How 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.
Strength Training - BrianMac
网页Strength 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 ...
General Fitness Training Program - BrianMac
网页General Fitness Training Program. The UK National Health Service (NHS 2012) [1] recommend that adults try to be active daily. Do at least 2½ hours of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week, and do muscle-strengthening activities on two or more days a week that work for all major muscle groups.