Ftiness Testing Flashcards
What are 5 benefits of fitness testing
Identify strengths and weaknesses
Monitor progress
Comparison to eachother
Enhance motivation
Identify talent
What are the health related components of fitness
Muscular strength
Aerobic capacity
Flexibility
Muscular endurance
Body composition
What are the skill related components of fitness
Anaerobic power
Agility
Balance
Coordination
reaction time
Speed
What is power
A combination of speed and strength
What are the two methods of testing
Laboratory and field
What is validity
Reference to how accurately somethibg measures what it claims
What is reliability
Produces similar results if repeated
Why are following protocols in lab important
To ensure reliability and remove human error
What is the advantages of lab testing
High levels of internal validity as you control all variables
What are the disadvantages to lab testing
Low ecological validity as not collected in an environment that reflects situations
Costly
One athlete at a time
What are 2 of the lab tests
Vo2 max and wingate 30 sec cycle test
What is the protocol for vo2 max test
The athlete is connected to a gas analyser and heart rate monitored
Tred mill speed slowly increases
Changes in co2 and o2 concentration is measured till you reach exhaustion and maximum oxygen uptake is reached
What is the wingate cycle test protocol
The cycle egrometer is set up with resistance proportional to athletes body weight
Cycle at max intensity for 30 secs
Number of revolutions every 5 secs is counted
What are the advantages of field testing
Cheap
Large sample tested at once
High ecological validity as not
What is the Harvard step test
Submaximal test
Set up 50cm high bench 30 steps a minute for 5 minutes
Heart rate measured
What are 5 field tests
Multi stage fitness test
Plank test
Illinois agility
Sit and reach
1 minute press up test
