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
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.
Power - strength and speed - BrianMac
Anaerobic Power. Anaerobic power is the ability to produce energy by the ATP-PC energy system and can be assessed with the Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST). Fry (2014) found that the Kansas squat test provides a reliable indicator of short-term anaerobic power. Aerobic Power. Aerobic power depends on the muscular tissues' chemical ability to use oxygen in breaking down fuels and the ...
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 ...
35m Sprint Speed Test - BrianMac
How 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.
Reaction Time and Reaction Speed Drills - BrianMac
Reaction Speed Drills. The objective of the reaction speed drills is to improve your reaction time to a stimulus. The exercises can include controlling an object (e.g. football or hockey puck). The cue for the reaction to take place can be visual (movement of an object) or a specific command (voice), or sound (starter's gun).
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 …
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 ...
Football - BrianMac
How 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.
Coaching Articles - BrianMac
Coaching Articles - General. Dr Matt Long, Jamie French, and Barry Cook explore how coaches can affect biomechanical adjustments in the running form of athletes. Matt Durkin explains why athletes are now choosing to adopt a periodised approach to their nutrition, just like they do with their training. Often, the better a child's athletic ...