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 …
Performance Profiling - BrianMac
WEBPerformance Profiling comprises four steps: Step 1 - The Coach outlines the Performance Profiling process. Step 2 - Athlete identifies the characteristics of an elite athlete in their sport/event. Step 3 - Athlete rates each in terms of a level of importance and self-assessment. Step 4 - Athlete and Coach analyse the results and agree on a way ...
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.
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.
Speed Training - BrianMac
WEBDownhill 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.
35m Sprint Speed Test - BrianMac
WEBHow to conduct the test. This test requires the athlete to conduct 3 x 35 metres time trails. The athlete warms up for 10 minutes. The assistant marks a 35 metres straight section with cones. The athlete takes up a sprint start position. The assistant gives the commands “On Your Marks, Set, GO” and starts the stopwatch.
BrianMac Sports Coach
WEBAdvice on topics relating to athletic development, exercise physiology and successful coaching for athletes, sports science students and coaches
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 ...