Athlete Assessment and Monitoring Flashcards
4 categories of fitness:
- body composition
- musculoskeletal fitness
- anaerobic fitness
- aerobic fitness
Musculoskeletal fitness consists of…
- muscular strength
- muscular power
- muscular endurance
- flexibility
Physical fitness is an _____ set of _____ that relate to the ability to perform ____ ___.
- attained
- attributes
- physical activity
4 step sequential process toward performance targeting:
- identify performance goal
- conduct needs analysis
- test identified qualities
- train targeted qualities
Step 1: identify performance goal includes…
- sports performance goal
- reflective of the athlete’s current level of performance
Step 2: conduct needs analysis includes…
- identification of the key physiological and biomechanical requirements for the sport
- physical characteristics of elite performance to identify the determinants of step 1
Step 3: test identified qualities includes….
design and implementation of a suitable test battery to assess the athlete in the different components identified in step 2
Step 4: train targeted qualities includes…
- selection of a progressive sequences of exercises
- related to each of the assessments from step 3
- S&C use assessments from step 3 to select appropriate level for each individual athlete
- forms the basis of the program
Step 1: performance goal has to start through ____ with the _____ and ____ ____.
- conversation
- athlete
- coaching staff
Step 1: important that goals are _____, but at the same time _____. It needs to reflect the athlete’s current level of _____.
- challenging
- realistic
- performance
First step of step 2:
needs analysis of the sport
Bishop, Brazier & Turner (2016) suggest a complete review of the available literature in order to find out the following:
- the biomechanical characteristics of the movements involved
- the physiological demands
- the normative data to establish physical performance standards
- the reported injury epidemiology
Varsity combine:
- height
- weight
- seated height
- wingspan
- grip strength
- mid-thigh pull
- broad jump
- vertical jump
- t-test
- 20 m sprint
- 20 m shuttle run
Test battery: in an ideal world….
- VO2 max instead of beep test
- hydrostatic weighing or DEXA scan instead of skinfolds
- on ice speed and agility assessment in place of or in combination with the off ice measurements
- inclusion of an on ice repeated sprint test
Challenges with test battery:
- money
- time/scheduling
- athlete engagement/buy in
Deciding on the best battery of tests involve ….
- critically analyzing what is available to you
- choosing the most valid and reliable option that is appropriate for your situation
Varsity combines:
- faculty wide initiative in 2015/2016 that all varsity sports had to do
- some teams were doing it consistently, some not
- every team does it at least twice during the academic year
- combines set up in the fall, winter and spring
Varsity combines were implemented in order to…
- give S&C more info about athletes and in turn improve programming
- see if trends emerge in certain sports which in turn will hopefully help to make seamless transitions into late entry sports
- establish a longitudinal research opportunity
- help with return to play from injury
Varsity combines: they decided that this group of tests was the best why?-
- all field tests, nothing lab based
- gives us a complete overall picture of fitness and performance
- teams are able to add tests to this battery if they choose to do so
4 ways for communication of results:
- coaches reports
- athletes reports
- z-scores
- varsity leader boards
Athlete reports include…
- excel template and saved as a pdf
- transitioning data onto Athlete Monitoring App
- feedback table uses distribution of scores within the groups
Z scores allow you to ….
- weight each assessment differently
- create an overall score for each athlete involved in the testing
Who will show the best overall z-scores?
those who are able to consistently perform above average on the majority of assessments
Z scores are used with …
- Bears and Pandas hockey
- varsity combines
