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1
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What tests aerobic capacity?

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Multi-stage fitness test (beep test)

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What is an advantage of the multi-stage fitness test?

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Limited expertise and equipment, easy to score, maximal test

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What is a limitation of the multi-stage fitness test?

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Environmental factors influence, stop-start in nature

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What tests aerobic capacity?

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Cooper 12 min run

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What are the advantages of a cooper 12 min run?

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Limited expertise and equipment, easy to score, maximal test

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What are the limitations of a cooper 12 min run?

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Environmental factors influence, protocol not progressive in nature

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What tests aerobic capacity?

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Harvard step test

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What are the advantages of the harvard step test?

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Limited expertise and equipment, easy to score, sub-maximal test

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What are the disadvantages of the harvard step test?

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Doesn’t account for individual variation in heart rate

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What tests flexibility?

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Sit and reach test

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What are the advantages of the sit and reach test?

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Easy and quick to perform, lots of data to use for comparison

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What are the disadvantages of the sit and reach test?

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Variations in arm, leg and trunk length can make comparisons misleading, very specific type of flexibility

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What tests agility?

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Illinois agility test (round loads of cones etc)

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What are the advantages of the illinois agility test?

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Minimal equipment, simple to administer

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What are the disadvantages of the illinois agility test?

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Choice of footwear and surface effects times greatly, timing inconsistencies

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What tests body composition?

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Body mass index

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What are the advantages of body mass index?

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Only simple calculations are required from height and weight

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What are the disadvantages of body mass index?

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BMI can be inaccurate as a measure of body fatness

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What tests body composition?

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Underwater weighing

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What are the advantages of underwater weighing?

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Higher accuracy, safe and has no side effects

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What are the disadvantages of underwater weighing?

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Difficult/impossible for some individuals to be fully submerged

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What tests body composition?

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Anthropometry (your body in proportion to other parts of your body)

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What are the advantages of anthropometry?

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Simple and safe, high specificity and sensitivity

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What are the disadvantages of anthropometry?

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Cannot detect disturbances in nutritional status, procedural error

25
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What tests balance?

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Stork stand (how ollie stands in the kitchen)

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What are the advantages of stork stand?

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No equipment required, simple to set up and conduct

27
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What are the disadvantages of stork stand?

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An assistant is required to conduct the test

28
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What tests coordination?

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Hand ball toss (throwing balls against the wall and catching them)

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What are the advantages of hand ball toss?

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Minimal equipment and can be self-administered

30
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What are the disadvantages of hand ball toss?

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Tests results may be skewed if the subject ‘flukes’ a few catches, so repetitions are needed to get more accurate results

31
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What tests muscular endurance?

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Maximum sit ups

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What are the advantages of maximum sit ups?

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Simple to perform, requiring minimal equipment

33
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What are the - of maximum sit ups?

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Involvement of the hip flexor so less valid as a measure of abdominal strength

34
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What tests muscular endurance?

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Maximum push ups

35
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What are the + of maximum push ups?

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This test is easy to perform, many participants can be tested at once

36
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What are the - of maximum push ups?

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Some variations of the test could be time consuming

37
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What tests muscular endurance?

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Flexed arm hang (holding yourself up on a bar for as long as you can)

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What are the + of flexed arm hang?

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Equipment is readily available, test is easy and quick to perform

39
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What are the - of flexed arm hang?

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The body weight of the subject has a great effect on the results of the test

40
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What tests strength?

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Hand grip dynamometer (mr fearnhead let us try it once I didn’t though)

41
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What are the + of hand grip dynamometer?

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Simple and commonly used as a test of general strength

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What are the - of hand grip dynamometer?

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Low validity as forearm muscles don’t necessarily represent the other muscle groups

43
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What tests speed?

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40m sprint

44
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What are the + of 40m sprint?

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Simple to perform, requiring minimal equipment

45
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What are the - of 40m sprint?

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Reliability is improved if time gates are used, weather conditions and running surfaces can affect results

46
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What tests reaction time?

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Drop test (what we did with fearnhead when I wore boots)

47
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What are the + of drop test?

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Easy and quick to conduct

48
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What are the - of drop test?

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Results for left and right hands will probably be different so test should be carried out on both hands

49
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What tests reaction time?

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Computer stimulation (what lily muni uses golf wise)

50
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What are the + of computer stimulation?

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Easy and quick to conduct

51
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What are the - of computer stimulation?

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Not very generalisable to sport

52
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What tests power?

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Vertical jump (jumping up and trying to hit things)

53
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What are the + of vertical jump?

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Test is simple and quick to perform

54
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What are the - of vertical jump?

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Technique plays a part in maximising your score

55
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What test power?

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Standing broad jump (what they used to make us do in pe with the sticky mats in mis)

56
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What are the + of standing broad jump?

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Test is simple and quick to perform

57
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What are the - of standing broad jump?

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Technique plays a part in maximising your score

58
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Give examples of which sports require which test

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An agility test would be beneficial for a netball or hockey player but not as applicable for a sport like power lifting. For power lifting, strength would be more suitable

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