03 - Testing in Sports Performance Flashcards
What is Sports performance testing?
A systematic approach to problem-solving that provides the sports performance professional with a basis for making educated decisions about exercise and acute variable selection.
How should assessments be scheduled?
In a systematic way, routine and on a schedule
What do assessments help to provide?
Assessments allow continuous monitoring of an athlete’s needs, functional capabilities, and physiological effects of exercise, enabling the athlete to reach peak performance.
What should assessments not do?
Diagnosis any condition - always refer out.
What information is provided by a sports performance assessment?
A fundamental representation of an athlete’s goals, needs and status can be created through the sports performance assessment.
- Medical history
- Movement
- Cardiorespiratory fitness
- Strength
- Power
How important are quality assessment?
The quality of the assessment is the basis for the quality of the program! The more information a sports performance professional knows about an athlete, the more individualized the program.
Which athletes should be cleared before training?
Any athlete with suspected medical conditions, scholastic or professionals. The physician should provide documentation stating the athlete is cleared for activity and provide information on any medical concern which the sports performance professional should be aware of prior to the onset of physical activity.
What type of information should the medical history provide?
Medical history is crucial as it provides information about any life-threatening chronic diseases (such as coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.), and information about the structure and function of the athlete by uncovering important information like past injuries, surgeries, imbalances, and chronic conditions.
What is subjective information during the assessment?
general and medical history
What is objective information during the assessment?
physiological, postural and performance assessments
Where do you check for a radial pulse?
under the wrist by the thumb on the radial artery
Where do you check for a carotid pulse?
On the neck to the side of the larynx (wind pipe).
What is subjective vs objective information?
subjective information = information referred to the trainer by the client
objective information = quantifiable information gathered by the trainer from the client
How should assessments be picked by client?
Based on the specificity and demands of their sport.
Assessments should be based on what sport specific criteria?
- Metabolic specificity of the sport and position being played.
- Mechanical specificity of the sport and position being played.
- Training status of the athlete.
- Experience and age of the athlete.
What are some Physiological assessments?
athlete’s resting heart rate (RHR), blood pressure, body fat, and circumferences
What are some Physiological assessments?
athlete’s resting heart rate (RHR), blood pressure, body fat, and circumferences
What is a healthy blood pressure reading?
systolic <= 120 and diastolic <= 80
What is systolic blood pressure?
The pressure of the heart pumping
What is diastolic blood pressure?
minimum pressure in the arteries.
Not taking a body fat measurement at the correction location would result in what level of error?
up to 25%
What type of fat is measured with body fat calipers?
subcataneous fat (fat beneath the skin)
What variables should be kept the same when using body fat calipers?
using the same calipers, same location, same time of day, pre-workout
What body fat measurement formula is recommended by NASM?
Durnin formula (aka: Durnin/Womersley)