8392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tumble Turn, Force Platform, Chronotype
20 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 4: Strength and Power for Performance
Assessment considerations
- Validity: does it test what you want to test?
- Reliability: is the test reliable? Will it get the same result the next day with a different tester?
- Standardized: is the test reproduced amongst other groups of athletes
- General or specific: does the test target a general quality or is it specific to a sport eg general
– depth jump on a force plate vs specific tumble turn contact time
Assessing training progress
- Baseline performance data on athlete
- Retest to evaluate the success of a training intervention
- Valuable to monitor individual responses to training
- Types of performance assessment
oField
oGym – strength and power
oLaboratory
Not that applicable to team sports, high performance
Considerations prior to assessment
- Training
oTesting should be scheduled a minimum of one day after intense activity
- Diet
oAthletes should present for testing in a hydrated state
- Testing
oStandardized warm up consisting of general and movement specific activities
oOrder of tests
oRecovery between all tests and between individual trials within each test
oConsistent environmental conditions
oSurface and athletes’ footwear
oDiurnal variation – time of day
Strength and power testing
- 2 variants on assessment
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Document Summary
Standardized: is the test reproduced amongst other groups of athletes. General or specific: does the test target a general quality or is it specific to a sport eg general. Depth jump on a force plate vs specific tumble turn contact time. Retest to evaluate the success of a training intervention. Types of performance assessment: field, gym strength and power, laboratory. Not that applicable to team sports, high performance. Training: testing should be scheduled a minimum of one day after intense activity. Diet: athletes should present for testing in a hydrated state. Testing: standardized warm up consisting of general and movement specific activities, order of tests, recovery between all tests and between individual trials within each test, consistent environmental conditions, surface and athletes" footwear, diurnal variation time of day. 2 variants on assessment: absolute: most weight moved regardless of weight, relative: most weight moved relative to n individuals body weight.
