Standardisation of Physiology Nomenclature
Approximately one year ago the National Sports Science Quality Assurance Program finalised a lengthy process on the standardisation of training zone nomenclature. The old classifications of U3, U2 etc have been replaced with classifications of T1 – T5, standardised across all sports. The full outline of the new nomenclature is available in the document “Standardisation of Physiology Nomenclature”.
This information was disseminated amongst physiologists across the country and has been integrated into use over the last 12 months. When working with your physiologists, many of you may have noticed that the training zone nomenclature has changed.
Rowing Australia is in the process of updating all of its coaching education material, and as a result the new physiology nomenclature is being incorporated into this material. With this process well under way, we thought it timely that all of the relevant areas of Rowing Australia business shift to using this new nomenclature.
No doubt, there are many of you used to using the old classifications, and therefore it may take a while to adjust. But so far most coaches exposed to the new system have adjusted without problem. The plan is to use this new nomenclature for all physiology testing from now on, with full integration across all educational material completed in time for the 2009-2012 quadrennium.
Ivan Hooper, Rowing Australia Sports Science / Sports Medicine Coordinator
Noel Donaldson, Rowing Australia High Performance Director
Dr Tony Rice, Rowing Australia Team Physiologist
Adam Horner, Rowing Australia National Development Officer
