CHAPTER 13 — admin, scoring, and interpretation of selected tests

Question 1

What is maximum muscular strength (low-speed strength)?

Answer 1

• related to the force a muscle or muscle group can exert in one maximal effort
• generally tested via 1RM in lift

Question 2

What is anaerobic or maximum muscular power (high-speed strength)?

Answer 2

• related. to ability of the muscle tissue to exert high force while contracting at high speed
• also called maximal anaerobic muscular power or anaerobic power
• may include vertical jump height and time to sprint up a staircase

Question 3

What is the better option to test for team sports (Ex: swim)?

Answer 3

typically power, they aren’t doing things in slow mo — power is typically more sport specific

Question 4

What is anaerobic capacity?

Answer 4

maximal rate of energy production by the combined phosphates and anaerobic glycolytic energy systems for moderate-duration activities (EX: windgate)

Question 5

What is local muscular endurance?

Answer 5

ability of certain muscles or muscle groups to perform repeated contractions against a submaximal resistance (EX: YMCA bench press test, max push test, etc.)
- submaximal repeated contractions without rest
- typically in more tactical testing batteries then sport ones

Question 6

What is aerobic capacity?

Answer 6

• max rate an athlete can produce energy through oxidation of energy resources (CHO, fats, and proteins)
• Expresses as volume of oxygen consumed per kilogram of body weight per minute
• AKA aerobic power

Question 7

What is agility?

Answer 7

• the ability to change direction/speed of the whole body in response to a sport-specific stimulus
• agility testing is generally confined to physical capacity testing such as change-of-direction speed/cognitive components such as anticipation
• true agility is more unknown change of direction

Question 8

What is speed?

Answer 8

• movement distance per unit of time
• typically quantified as time taken to cover fixed distance
• EX: 40 yd dash

Question 9

What is flexibility?

Answer 9

Range of motion about a body joint

Question 10

What is balance and stability?

Answer 10

• Balance: ability to maintain static and dynamic equilibrium
• Stability: ability to return to a desired position following disturbance to the system (EX: have to stabilize shoulders in DB bench vs. barbell bench)

Question 11

What is body composition?

Answer 11

relative proportions by weight of fat and lean tissue

Question 12

What is antropomoetry?

Answer 12

anthropometric is the science of measurement applied to the human body
- EX: height, weight, and body girths

Question 13

How should maximizing performance conditions be done and why?

Answer 13

• to bring reliability to test —> conditions should be as similar as possible & for athletes
• temp, humidity, surface, an type of equipment should be consistent
• athletes should not be tested when fatigued
• normal nutrition & hydration
• no supplements (Acording to NSCA — but could actually be smart sometimes)
• standardized warmup

Question 14

What are some 1RM tests?

Answer 14

bench press, bench pull, squat, clean, hex jump, etc
- can look at slides for example

Question 15

What is a standing long jump?

Answer 15

• also called broad jump
• stands with toes behind starting line & does counter-movement jump as far forward as possible
• athlete must land on feet for jump to be scored
• distance measured from back edge of athletes rearmost heel

Question 16

What is the vertical jump using wall and chalk?

Answer 16

• tester rubs chalk on athletes dominant hand
• athlete stands about 6 inch from the wall and places mark on wall with dominant arm as high as possible & both feet flat on floor
• athlete performs counter movement jump and places a second chalk mark as high as possible on the wall

Question 17

What is vertical jump using commercial vertex device?

Answer 17

subtract their height v. how high they jumped to get their max vert. jump

Question 18

What is the problem with a jump mat?

Answer 18

if you tuck your knees youre in the air longer which gives a higher vert. jump

Question 19

What can a jump mat measure?

Answer 19

• reactive strength, static vert. jump, off a box, etc.

Question 20

What is the margarita-kalamen stair sprint test?

Answer 20

• athlete sprints toward the stairs form standing start (20 ft.) from base of stairs and hen up the staircase three steps at time
• Anaerobic power calculated in Watts

Question 21

What is the ground layout for the 300-yard shuttle?

Answer 21

• anaerobic capacity test
• athletes are paired off similar ability
• they sprint to the 25 yd line, immediately sprint back to the first line
• six round strips are made as soon as possible without stopping
• avg. of 2 trials is recorded to nearest 1.0 second
• good test for field sports becasue change of direction, acceleration, and breaking, and power
  -Has 5 minute rest in between the 2 trials

Question 22

What is the partial curl-up?

Answer 22

• set metronome to 40 bpm
  -individual do slow, controlled curl-ups to lift the shoulder blades of the mat in time with the metronome
• upper back must touch floor before each curl-up
• athlete performs as many curl-ups as possible without pausing
• maximum of 75

Question 23

What is the push-up test according to army standards?

Answer 23

as many reps as possible are done within timed 2-min period
- push-up-depth is arms parallel to the ground

Question 24

What is the ACSM standard for females pushups?

Answer 24

• done on knees with depth of a fist on the ground
• as many reps as possible are done continuously until failure

Question 25

What is the YMCA bench press test?

Answer 25

• resistance set at 80 lbs for males and 35 lbs for females
• set metronome cadence at 60 beats per minute to establish rate of 30 reps per minute (1 up & one down)
• performed until athlete can no longer perform with metronome

Question 26

What is the 1.5 mile run test?

Question 27

What is the 12 min run test?

Question 28

What is the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test?

Question 29

What is the maximal aerobic speed test?

Answer 29

• marker cones are placed at 20m intervals around running track
• initial speed of test is set between 8-12km depending on the fitness level of the athlete
• speed is then increased by 1 km/h every 2 minutes until athlete can not maintain speed
• last speed maintained for at least 2 minutes is considered the speed associated with VO2 Max or MAS
• test terminated if the athlete fails to reach the next cone on 2 consecutive occasions in required time
• speed at last completed state is increased by 0.5 km/h if athlete is able to run a half stage
  -VO2max of athlete calculated by multiplying 3.5 by MAS (speed in km/h)

Question 30

What is the T-test?

Answer 30

• tests agility

Question 31

What is the hexagon test?

Answer 31

• athlete double leg hops from center of hexagon over each side and back to center, starting with side directly in front of athlete
• continued in clockwise sequence until all six sides are covered three times
• total of 18 jumps
• agility and submaximal power output
• used a lot in boxing (could also be basketball, soccer, skiing)

Question 32

What is the pro agility test?

Question 33

What is the 505 agility test?

Question 35

What is the straight-line sprint tests?

Answer 35

• have athlete warmup dynamically & stretch for several minutes
• allow at least 2 practice runs at submax speed
• the athlete assumes starting position using three-or-four point stance
• on auditory signal, the athlete sprints the specified distance at maximal speed
• best split times of 2 trials are recorded to nearest 0.1 second
• allow 2 mins of active recovery/rest between trials
• do NOT sit in between — they will get stiff