Fitness tests Flashcards
What tests aerobic capacity?
Multi-stage fitness test (beep test)
What is an advantage of the multi-stage fitness test?
Limited expertise and equipment, easy to score, maximal test
What is a limitation of the multi-stage fitness test?
Environmental factors influence, stop-start in nature
What tests aerobic capacity?
Cooper 12 min run
What are the advantages of a cooper 12 min run?
Limited expertise and equipment, easy to score, maximal test
What are the limitations of a cooper 12 min run?
Environmental factors influence, protocol not progressive in nature
What tests aerobic capacity?
Harvard step test
What are the advantages of the harvard step test?
Limited expertise and equipment, easy to score, sub-maximal test
What are the disadvantages of the harvard step test?
Doesn’t account for individual variation in heart rate
What tests flexibility?
Sit and reach test
What are the advantages of the sit and reach test?
Easy and quick to perform, lots of data to use for comparison
What are the disadvantages of the sit and reach test?
Variations in arm, leg and trunk length can make comparisons misleading, very specific type of flexibility
What tests agility?
Illinois agility test (round loads of cones etc)
What are the advantages of the illinois agility test?
Minimal equipment, simple to administer
What are the disadvantages of the illinois agility test?
Choice of footwear and surface effects times greatly, timing inconsistencies
What tests body composition?
Body mass index
What are the advantages of body mass index?
Only simple calculations are required from height and weight
What are the disadvantages of body mass index?
BMI can be inaccurate as a measure of body fatness
What tests body composition?
Underwater weighing
What are the advantages of underwater weighing?
Higher accuracy, safe and has no side effects
What are the disadvantages of underwater weighing?
Difficult/impossible for some individuals to be fully submerged
What tests body composition?
Anthropometry (your body in proportion to other parts of your body)
What are the advantages of anthropometry?
Simple and safe, high specificity and sensitivity
What are the disadvantages of anthropometry?
Cannot detect disturbances in nutritional status, procedural error
What tests balance?
Stork stand (how ollie stands in the kitchen)
What are the advantages of stork stand?
No equipment required, simple to set up and conduct
What are the disadvantages of stork stand?
An assistant is required to conduct the test
What tests coordination?
Hand ball toss (throwing balls against the wall and catching them)
What are the advantages of hand ball toss?
Minimal equipment and can be self-administered
What are the disadvantages of hand ball toss?
Tests results may be skewed if the subject ‘flukes’ a few catches, so repetitions are needed to get more accurate results
What tests muscular endurance?
Maximum sit ups
What are the advantages of maximum sit ups?
Simple to perform, requiring minimal equipment
What are the - of maximum sit ups?
Involvement of the hip flexor so less valid as a measure of abdominal strength
What tests muscular endurance?
Maximum push ups
What are the + of maximum push ups?
This test is easy to perform, many participants can be tested at once
What are the - of maximum push ups?
Some variations of the test could be time consuming
What tests muscular endurance?
Flexed arm hang (holding yourself up on a bar for as long as you can)
What are the + of flexed arm hang?
Equipment is readily available, test is easy and quick to perform
What are the - of flexed arm hang?
The body weight of the subject has a great effect on the results of the test
What tests strength?
Hand grip dynamometer (mr fearnhead let us try it once I didn’t though)
What are the + of hand grip dynamometer?
Simple and commonly used as a test of general strength
What are the - of hand grip dynamometer?
Low validity as forearm muscles don’t necessarily represent the other muscle groups
What tests speed?
40m sprint
What are the + of 40m sprint?
Simple to perform, requiring minimal equipment
What are the - of 40m sprint?
Reliability is improved if time gates are used, weather conditions and running surfaces can affect results
What tests reaction time?
Drop test (what we did with fearnhead when I wore boots)
What are the + of drop test?
Easy and quick to conduct
What are the - of drop test?
Results for left and right hands will probably be different so test should be carried out on both hands
What tests reaction time?
Computer stimulation (what lily muni uses golf wise)
What are the + of computer stimulation?
Easy and quick to conduct
What are the - of computer stimulation?
Not very generalisable to sport
What tests power?
Vertical jump (jumping up and trying to hit things)
What are the + of vertical jump?
Test is simple and quick to perform
What are the - of vertical jump?
Technique plays a part in maximising your score
What test power?
Standing broad jump (what they used to make us do in pe with the sticky mats in mis)
What are the + of standing broad jump?
Test is simple and quick to perform
What are the - of standing broad jump?
Technique plays a part in maximising your score
Give examples of which sports require which test
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
