Unit 4 - AOS 1 - Assessment of Fitness

Question 1

Parts of assessment of fitness

Answer 1

• Pre- testing
• Post-testing

Question 2

Purpose of Pre-testing

Answer 2

• Baseline for future comparison
• Highlights strengths & weaknesses
• Talent identification
• Basis to design training programs
• Goal Setting
• compare to norms/avg

Question 3

purpose of post-testing

Answer 3

• Motivation for athlete to dedicate themselves to a training program to quantify individual improvements (physiological, and also motivated to make teams look at results)
• Evaluates success of training programs (future modifications)
• Monitor physiological progress improvements (chronic adaptations)

Question 4

Considerations of fitness testing

Answer 4

• What will it be used for?
• Costs involved?
• Equipment and facilities required?
• Safety? (conditions of enviro & current fitness/health/illness/injury levels)
• Scheduling?
• Types of testing chosen? (max vs sub-max)
• Confidentiality?
• Individual considerations?
• Gender
• Social issues?
  pre-participation health screening (understand individuals current health and physical condition)
  ** Informed consent**

Question 5

Assessment of fitness PROTOCOLS

Answer 5

” rules and procedure surrounding the ways in which fitness tests are conducted and ensuring the results provide relevant and accurate information. “

• Specificity, Objectivity, validity, accuracy, reliability

Question 6

Protocols - Specificity

Answer 6

The tests chosen to need to consider the fitness requirements of the sport. (determined by activity analysis)

Question 7

Protocols - Validity

Answer 7

Will the tests chosen measure the fitness components relevant to the sport?

Question 8

Protocols - Objectivity

Answer 8

• The tests chosen need to be free from bias or personal opinion

Question 9

Protocols - Accuracy

Answer 9

• The tests chosen need to supply accurate information where experimental error is reduced.
• accurate equipment, appropriate facilities, trained administrators.

Question 10

Protocols - Reliability

Answer 10

The tests chosen need to be performed in a consistent manner so the data collected is comparable. (pre and post testing.)

• Need … Sam tests, same warm up, same surface and equipment, same weather, same time of day (…)

Question 11

Feild vs. Lab Fitness testing

Answer 11

Feild
- Predicted values & compare to norms, submax
- Measure a large team/group at once
- Time & cost effective (less/cheaper equipment)

Lab
- Extremely accurate (not safe for unfit people)
- ‘Gold Standard’
- Usually requires trained assessor & specialised equipment

Question 12

Assessment - Aerobic power

Answer 12

• Vo2 Max (the highest exercise intensity at which there is a steady state in oxygen consumption)
• Coopers 12 min run
• Yo-Yo Test

Question 13

Assessment - Body Composition

Answer 13

• BMI
• Skin folds
• DEXA & TOBEC Scanning

Question 14

Assessment - Anaerobic capacity

Answer 14

• Phosphate recovery
• Wingate 30 second cycle ergometer (the higher the peak power & lower the fatigue index the greater the anaerobic power)

Question 15

Assessment - muscular strength

Answer 15

• Grip strength
• Seven stage abdominal strength test
• Max bench press and leg press (1 RM)

Question 16

Assessment - Muscular endurance

Answer 16

• 60 sec sit up test
• 60 sec push up test
• Flexed arm hang

Question 17

Assessment - flexability

Answer 17

• Sit and reach
• Shoulder and wrist extension
• Trunk and neck extension
• Ankle extension

Question 18

Assessment - Muscular power

Answer 18

• Vertical Jump
• Standing Broad Jump
• Seated basketball throw

Question 19

Assessment- Speed

Answer 19

• Sprints 20m/35m/50m

Question 20

Assessment - Agility

Answer 20

• Illinois Agility test (up, figure eights in middle and back down)
• Semo Agility test (making a cross shape with sideways steps etc)
• 5-0-5 (up and back)