Tuesday, May 24, 2011

MYRTHA POOLS AT 14th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in SHANGHAI

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Myrtha Pools at FINA World Championships in Shanghai

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:07 PM
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MYRTHA POOLS AT 14th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in SHANGHAI

The 14th FINA World Championships to be held from 16th to 31st of July 2011 in Shanghai and Myrtha Pools in addition to being partners FINA will provide two temporary pools that will be installed in the Oriental Sports Center, a few weeks before the event, only to be dismantled at the end of championship.


Located by the east side of Huangpu River, next to Expo Park, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center consists of an indoor stadium, a natatorium, an outdoor diving pool, a press service center and the supplementary facilities like parking area and public bus stations.

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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

The construction built for this special occasion is over a total area of 34.75 hectares and the floor space is 163,800 square meters. As the venue of the Championships, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center will be a very special and innovative venue in the history of FINA World Championships. The theme of its architectural design is water. The elements of wave and bridge appear frequently in the Center. The three major buildings enjoy unique features respectively. The architectural appearance of the gymnasium looks like a wave. The natatorium is composed by lined arches. Located on the manmade island, the outdoor diving pool has a roof in the shape of a half moon. The spectators can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Center and the Huangpu River when sitting on the open air seats.


As one of the major construction projects of Shanghai, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center will be not only an ideal venue for the FINA World Championships 2011 and other international A Level sporting events, but also a green and excellent physical fitness center open to the public.


Myrtha Pools, on the occasion of the World Championships, will build two temporary pools in the indoor stadium thanks to Myrtha technology with Ceramic overflow that, being self-supporting (which is also peculiar in permanent ambits), guarantees at the same time, the pinpoint accuracy needed for international competition and the adaptability to a temporary situation: a 50 x 25 x 3 m for all swimming and synchronized swimming competitions - and a 50 m x 25 x 2 h for warm up.

FINA World Championships is a very big and high-level sporting event with a large number of participants: 5000 are provided for athletes, judges and delegations from 180 countries, 2,500 volunteers, 1,500 media representatives from around the world and it is estimated that at least 3.5 billion people who follow the competitions on television.

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

"Totul e sa ai o ideie fixa...."

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as paria c a britanicii au cea mai dezvoltata activitate de cercetare aplicata; ei cultiva cele mai trasnite idei... fapt este ca nu se stie 'de unde poate sari iepurele'... sau cum spunea pe vremuri antrenorul maghiar Werteshi - 'si gaina oarba da nenincetat cu ciocul in pamant... si pan' la urma nimereste bobul de grau'...; totul sa ia o ideie fixa si sa mergi cu ea pana in panzele albe - apropos de panzele mai sus expuse; nu vi de pare ca iarasi poate fi inteleaza ca o aplicare a ondulatiilor delfin....? hihuhoha... oare ?

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Predict and evaluate your athletic performance


Predict and evaluate your athletic performance

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:57 AM
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A must-have training resource for sports coaches and serious, self-trained athletes alike

Contains 101 ways to test an athlete’s endurance, strength, agility, mobility & balance, power & speed …


An essential tool for anyone wanting to predict athletic performance or evaluate an athlete’s current level of fitness

Intamplare face ca si eu sa am niste teste de propus si daca am timp le voi expune; poate ca dr. Rose le va adopta....

Dear Mircea,
Every sports coach knows that the success of a training program is largely dependent upon satisfying the performance aims associated with it.
That’s why regular performance evaluation is so essential, whether you’re coaching a group of athletes or a self-coached individual. Because periodic testing and measuring is the only way to get the up-to-date, accurate and objective information you need to assess current performance, then make informed decisions about future training and competition goals.
However, before conducting a test you need to be 100% sure that it satisfies all the following criteria:
  • specificity (the test is designed to assess an athlete's fitness for the activity in question)
  • validity (it tests what it purports to test)
  • reliability (the test is capable of consistent repetition), and
  • objectivity (it can produce a consistent result irrespective of the tester).
That’s why we’ve brought together all of the most useful sports performance tests currently available, and published them in a handy, electronic workbook (Adobe Acrobat PDF format). xa
101 Performance Evaluation Tests, is the largest, most complete and authoritative collection of sports performance evaluation tests there is. And it’s an essential tool for anyone wanting to predict athletic performance or evaluate an athlete’s current level of fitness
Or read on for more details of the workbook’s contents.
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We’ve even included several body composition tests, so you can gauge what sort of shape an athlete’s in, plus a handy set of VO2 max tables.
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Here’s how it works:
Each test that enables an athlete’s raw performance results to be computed and further analysed has a web link connecting you to its own online calculator. To use the calculator, simply click on the web link (situated on the workbook page for that test), key in your raw performance data, click on the ‘’results’ button and the calculator instantly computes the athlete’s results.
In this way, 101 Performance Evaluation Tests takes all the hassle out of calculating performance test results – and helps you ensure that, when you perform the same test periodically over time, your methodology doesn’t waver from one test to another. It’s one less thing for you to worry about in your already-overcrowded daily schedule.
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Or read on for more details of the workbook’s contents.
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ENDURANCE

  • Astrand Treadmill Test
  • Balke Treadmill Test
  • Balke VO2max Test
  • Bruce Treadmill Test
  • The 2.4 kilometre Run Test
  • Conconi Test
  • Cooper VO2max Test
  • Critical Swim Speed
  • Harvard Step Test
  • Astrand Cycle Test
  • Home Step Test
  • Three Minute Step Test
  • Multi-Stage Fitness Test
  • Queen’s College Step Test
  • Rockport Fitness Walking Test
  • Tecumseh Step Test
  • Treadmill VO2max Test
  • VO2max from a One Mile Jog
  • VO2max from Non-exercise Data
  • Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST)
  • Tri-level Aerobic Test
  • Tri-level Lactic Power Test
  • Tri-level Alactic Power Test
  • Cunningham and Faulkner Test

AGILITY

  • Hexagonal Obstacle Test
  • Zig-Zag Test
  • 505 Agility Test
  • Illinois Agility Run Test
  • Lateral Change of Direction Test
  • Quick Feet Test
  • Burpee Test
  • ‘T’ Drill Test

MOBILITY AND BALANCE

  • Modified Sit & Reach Test
  • Sit and Reach Test
  • Hip Flexion Test
  • Static Flexibility Test – Ankle
  • Static Flexibility Test – Hip and Trunk
  • Static Flexibility Test – Shoulder
  • Static Flexibility Test – Shoulder & Wrist
  • Static Flexibility Test – Trunk and Neck
  • Trunk Flexion Test
  • Standing Stork Test
  • Standing Stork Test – Blind

STRENGTH

  • Core Muscle Strength and Stability Test
  • Curl Up Test
  • Canadian Crunch Test
  • Sit Ups Test
  • Jumps Decathlon
  • Leg Strength Test
  • Standing Long Jump Test
  • Sprint Bound Index Test
  • Sergeant Jump Test
  • Chin Up Test
  • Grip Strength Test
  • Medicine Ball Javelin Quadrathlon
  • Press-ups Test
  • Bench Press Test
  • Universal Bench Press Test
  • Metronome Bench Press Test
  • Overhead Press Test
  • Leg Press Test
  • Leg Curl Test
  • Dynamic Knee Extension Test
  • Biceps Curl Test
  • Squats Test
  • Handgrip Strength Test
  • Flexed Arm-Hang Test
  • Wall Squat Test
  • The McCloy Physical Fitness Test
  • 5.27 The Quadrathlon
  • 5.28 The Wilf Paish Rugby Football Tests

SPEED AND POWER

  • Stride Test
  • 30 metre Acceleration Test
  • 60 metre Speed Test
  • Shuttle Run Test
  • 150 metre Endurance Test
  • 250 metre Endurance Test
  • 400 metre Sprint Test
  • 300 yard Shuttle Test
  • 400 metre Drop Off Test
  • Margaria-Kalamen Power Test
  • 400 metre Control Test
  • 40 metre Sprint Test
  • 30 metre Sprint Fatigue – Power Maintenance Test
  • Concept 2 Rowing Step Test
  • Flying 30 metre Test
  • Kosmin Test
  • The LAS (Lactic vs. Speed) Test
  • PWC-170 Cycle Test
  • The Wingate Anaerobic 30 cycle Test
  • 35 metre Speed Test
  • Multiple Sprint Test
  • Sports Psychology
  • Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT)
  • TEOSQ – Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire

BODY COMPOSITION

  • Body Mass index
  • Body Fat Percentage
  • Jackson and Pollock Skinfold Test
  • Yuhasz Skinfold Test

GENERAL HEALTH

  • Orthostatic Heart Rate Test
  • Urine Colour Measurement
  • Waist to Hip Ratio Evaluation Test
Whether you’re a sports coach or an individual, self-coached athlete, I’m confident you’ll find 101 Performance Evaluation Tests the ideal resource for predicting sports performance or measuring improvement.
After all, it’s both the most complete and authoritative collection of tests available, and also an unrivalled online resource for any coach or athlete who wants to guarantee that their testing is both accurate and consistent over time. Because it takes so much of the hassle out of testing, you’ll be able to conduct tests more regularly and accumulate more accurate performance data as a result.