Fitness Testing

Question 1

What are the benefits of fitness testing?

Answer 1

Identify strengths and weaknesses
Monitor progress
Enhance motivation
Measure effectiveness of training programs
Identify talent
Set goals

Question 2

What are the health related components of fitness?

Answer 2

Muscular strength
Cardiovascular endurance
Flexibility
Muscular endurance
Body composition

Question 3

What are the skill related components of fitness?

Answer 3

Anaerobic respiration
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Reaction time
Speed

Question 4

What is muscular strength?

Answer 4

Maximum force a muscle can generate against a resistance

Question 5

What is aerobic capacity?

Answer 5

The ability of the heart and lungs to continue supplying oxygen and removing waste products without fatigue

Question 6

What is flexibility?

Answer 6

The range of motion around a joint

Question 7

What is muscular endurance?

Answer 7

The ability of a specific muscle group to undergo repeated contractions without fatigue

Question 8

What is body composition?

Answer 8

Proportion of body weight which is fat, muscle and bone

Question 9

What is power?

Answer 9

The combination of strength and speed

Question 10

What is agility?

Answer 10

Ability to change direction at speed with control.

Question 11

What is balance?

Answer 11

The maintenance of the body’s centre of mass over the base of support

Question 12

What is coordination?

Answer 12

Moving two or more body parts together with control

Question 13

What is reaction time?

Answer 13

Time taken to respond to a stimulus

Question 14

What is speed?

Answer 14

The maximum rate of movement over a specific distance

Question 15

What are methods of testing?

Answer 15

Field testing
Laboratory testing

Question 16

What is validity?

Answer 16

Accurately measures what it claims to

Question 17

What should valid research in sport activity be?

Answer 17

Relevant to performance

Question 18

What is reliable research?

Answer 18

Research that produces similar results if repeated

Question 19

What can reduce reliability?

Answer 19

Human error and technological error

Question 20

Why do protocols need to be followed correctly?

Answer 20

To ensure the reliability of results, which improves validity and reliability

Question 21

What are laboratory tests?

Answer 21

Collecting dats in an environment where all the conditions and variables are controlled, so that you are only measuring the variables in question.

Question 22

What are the advantages of laboratory testing?

Answer 22

High levels of internal validity

Question 23

What are the disadvantages of laboratory testing?

Answer 23

Low levels of ecological validity
Often requires expensive equipment
Need expertise with the technical equipment
Only test 1 athlete at a time

Question 24

What is the VO2 max test?

Answer 24

Maximum volume of oxygen a person can taken in, transport per minutes

Question 25

What does the VO2 max test?

Answer 25

Cardiovascular endurance or aerobic capacity

Question 26

What does the wingate 30sec cycle test?

Answer 26

Anaerobic capacity - how efficient the body is at breaking down glucose to produce energy without oxygen

Question 27

What are field tests?

Answer 27

Collecting data in the environment that stimulates the one in which the sport is played?

Question 28

What are the advantages of field testing?

Answer 28

High ecological validity - performance environment Low Large sample sizes can be tested at one time

Question 29

What are the disadvantages of field testing?

Answer 29

Low internal validity - limited control over variables

Question 30

What is the fitness test for aerobic capacity?

Answer 30

Multistage fitness test Harvard step test

Question 31

What is the fitness test for static strength?

Answer 31

Plank test

Question 32

What is the fitness test for dynamic strength?

Answer 32

Reputation maximum - 1RM

Question 33

What is the fitness test for muscular endurance?

Answer 33

1 minute press up test