Posts Tagged ‘fitness testing’
Getting to grips with infographics and data visualisation.
After many hours of staring at screens and wrestling with Excel, I have finished my final work on the “Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization” course.
What started as interest in infographics turned into an understanding of how data should be presented in order to clarify and educate, rather than to obfuscate.
Good enough is big enough
Two of the athletes I train have recently had selection issues because of their height with new coaches discriminating against them, in 2 different sports. Both athletes are strong, but need to develop more power and quickness. That isn’t the reason they are having difficulty. Both are very bright, with good game sense and are tough. Those things are difficult to coach. They are also qualities that are difficult to gauge on first meeting.
Read MoreWhat is the difference between the Yo Yo Tests?
Happy National Yo-Yo Day
The Yo-Yo may have been around for nearly 1000 years, but today a new form of Yo-Yo is a regular fixture in Sport’s coaches’ fitness testing toolbox.
To celebrate National Yo-Yo Day, Matt Durber looks at the 3 different variations of the yo-yo test.
Read MoreWhat are the 3 stages of fitness testing?
“I test athletes to justify my job” s one reason that fitness testing has become maligned and dreaded by coaches and athletes alike.
Others include “to look professional” or “to use my new bit of kit” or “to identify talent”.
NFL Draft and the combine
Does the NFL combine predict future playing performance?
The NFL draft happens later this month- for geeks like me it is quite exciting to see who the Green Bay Packers recruit.
As a coach it is amazing to see how much emphasis is put on the combine results and the fitness scores that happen there.
Read MoreHeart rates, wattage and VO2 max testing.
“Heart rate should be an indicator not a dictator”
says Bryan Fish the Development Coach for the US cross country ski team.
This nugget of information came out at a breakfast conversation at GAIN. I know very little about the long endurance sports, so was fascinated to hear what Bryan had to say.
He expands further here.
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