Testing Athletes Flashcards
Reactive Strength Index?
- Varying heights of boxes from 20-40 cm
- Need a jump mat set up at least 0.2 meters in front of box
- Hands are on the hips
- Step off the box and land while jumping as high as possible with minimal contact time
- Reactive strength index is calculated as jump height divided by contact time
Overhead squat?
- Hold stick OH at twice shoulder width
- Feet forward or slightly out
- Heels stay in contact with the floor
- Lower until the hips are below knees
300 Yard Shuttle Test?
- 2 lines set 25 yards apart
- On signal, sprint back/forth and touch line with foot
- Do this 6 times
- Give 5 minute break and average 2 trials
Average for elite athletes is females = 65 sec. males = 55 sec
Standing Long Jump?
- Need 20 feet set up
- Toes are just behind the starting line
- Able to use a countermovement and jump forward
- Must land on feet
- Measure from rearmost heel to the starting line
- Best of 3 trials
Good for Elite: Females 110-115 inches, males 120-130
Good for High School: Females 60-65, males 75-80
Flexibility?
- Sit and reach
2. OH squat
1 RM Bench Pull?
- Grip is wider than shoulder width
- Bench height set so weight is off the ground in hang position
- Head must maintain contact with bench (turned to side or looking down – picture shows chin on bench)
- Have to touch the underside of bench
High Speed Strength?
- 1RM power clean
- Standing long jump
- Vertical jump
- Static vertical jump
- Reactive strength index
- Margaria-Kalamen Test
Maximal Aerobic Speed Test?
- Place cones at 25 m intervals around a trank
- Start at a speed of about 10 km/h
- Increase the speed by 1 km/h every 2 minutes until athlete can’t maintain speed
- The last speed held for at least 2 minutes is speed associated with VO2 max (MAS)
- You can increase the speed by 0.5 km/h if athlete only able to run a half stage at the 1 increase.
- VO2 max calculated as 3.5 x MAS (km/hour)
What is good VO2 Max?
Ext. High: Male 70+ Female 60+
Very High
High
Above Average
Male: -7, -6, -5,
Female: -6, -5, -5
Male: 70+, 63-69, 57-62, 52-56
Female: 60+, 54-59, 49-53, 44-48
Pro Agility Test?
- Need 3 parallel lines, each marked 5 yards apart
- Need 1 timer and 1 line judge
- The athlete straddles the innermost line with 3-point stance
- On a signal, the athlete sprints 5 yards to the left, 10 yards to the right, then back to the center
- Must touch with hand or foot the 3 points.
- Best of 2 trials
Times: Women 4.7- 5.0 is good and recreational athletes around 5.23. Men 4.2 to 4.4 is good and recreational athletes is 4.7.
Local Muscular Endurance?
- Partial curl up
- Push up
- YMCA bench press test
Straight Line Sprint Test?
- Can do 10, 20, or 40 m
- Need at least 20 yards for deceleration
- Best of 2 trials
- Need at least 2 minutes recovery
Good:
10 m = 1.6-1.7
20 m = 2.9-3.1
40 m = 4.9 – 5.2
1 RM Back Squat?
Female Collegiate: 170-185 (80-90%ile) 14-15 y.o. football: 350-385 16-18 y.o. football: 425-465 D3 Football: 425-475 D1 Football: 450-500 D1 Baseball: 325-365 D1 Basketball: 305-315
Speed?
- Straight line sprint test
Where are skinfold measurements taken?
- Chest (diagonal fold ½ the distance from anterior axillary line and nipple)
- Thigh (vertical fold on anterior thigh 1/2-way between hip and knee)
- Abdomen (vertical fold 1 inch to the right of umbilicus)
- Triceps (Vertical fold on posterior arm ½-way between acromion and olecranon with arm relaxed by side)
- Suprailium (diagonal fold above the crest of the ilium at a spot where imaginary line would come down from anterior axilla)
- Midaxilla (vertical fold on midaxillary line at level of xyphoid)
- Subscapular (diagonal line from vertebral border to point ½-1 inch from inferior scapular angle)
- Calf (vertical fold along medial calf at point of maximal calf circumference)
Hexagon Test?
- Hexagon with sides of 24 inches
- Athlete faces straight forward in the middle
- On signal, double leg hops from center over each of the six sides
- Starts going forward and then clockwise until all 6 sides are covered 3 times
- Test starts over if athlete loses balance and takes an extra step or touches a line
- Use best of 3 trials
Times: Around 12-13 seconds is okay (not a lot of times)