BrianMac Sports Coach
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 combined ...
Performance Evaluation Tests - more than 101 available
Performance is an assessment of how well a task is executed, and the success of a training program depends on satisfying the performance aims. In constructing tests, it is vital to ensure that they measure the factors required to be tested and are thus objective rather than subjective. In …
BrianMac Sports Coach
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 combined ...
Sprinting - BrianMac
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 …
Press Up Test - BrianMac
Objective. The Press Up test's objective is to assess the strength endurance of the athlete's upper body muscles. Required Resources. To conduct this test, you will require: Non-slip surface. Assistant. How to conduct the test. The athlete warms upfor 10 minutes. The athlete lies on the ground, places their hands by the shoulders and ...
Sit Ups Test - BrianMac
How to conduct the test. This test requires the athlete to perform as many sit-ups as possible in 30 seconds. The athlete warms up for 10 minutes. The athlete lies on the mat with the knees bent, feet flat on the floor and their hands on their ears where they must stay throughout the test. The assistant holds the athlete's feet on the ground.
Chester Step Test - BrianMac
The athlete's Maximum Heart Rate (MHR) - use 220-age. The athlete's 80% of Maximum Heart Rate (MHR80) - use MHR x 0.8. The Chester Step Test is conducted as follows: The assistant explains to the athlete the test requirements. You will step up and down onto the box in time with the metronome. Every 2-minutes, the metronome will be increased by ...
Strength Training - BrianMac
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 ...
Core Muscle Strength and Stability Test - BrianMac
If the athlete is unable to hold this position, then the test is to be stopped. Stage 1. The athlete warms up for 10 minutes. The athlete, using the mat to support their elbows and arms, assumes the Start Position. Once the athlete is in the correct position, the assistant starts the stopwatch. The athlete is to hold this position for 60 seconds.
Performance Profiling - BrianMac
Performance 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 ...