Fitness Testing
- Created by: dsmeikle
- Created on: 28-12-16 11:56
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- Fitness Testing
- Validity and Reliability
- Reliability
- Warm up
- Clothing and equipment
- Time of day
- Protocol and procedures
- Weather conditions
- Experienced tester
- Same tester
- Does it produce consistent results?
- Validity
- Does each test measure what it aims to measure?
- Reliability
- Laboratory Tests
- Advantages
- More reliable and valid
- Precise measurements
- High degree of control over the conditions
- Easy to follow protocol (controlled by computer)
- Disadvantages
- Very expensive
- Time consuming
- Artificial environment
- Requires frequent testing
- Travel to lab
- Advantages
- Field Tests
- Advantages
- Realistic conditions
- Can be used to test large groups
- Cheap and popular screening method
- Disadvantages
- More external variation
- Not as reliable
- Human errors common
- Advantages
- The type of test needed depends on...
- The setting
- The equipment needed
- The application of the rests e.g. to modify training intensities
- The degree of control maintained during the test
- Reasons for Fitness Testing
- Talent ID
- Motivation
- Create specific training plans
- Highlight strengths and weaknesses
- Set goals
- Objective
- Objectivity implies that a test produces measurable definite results, hence human error and opinion must not be allowed to influence results.
- Therefore a test protocol must attempt to eliminate inaccuracies.
- Efficient and accurate recording equipment
- Use of protocol for scoring
- Elimination of crowd effects
- Controlled warm up
- The same conditions for repeated tests
- Therefore a test protocol must attempt to eliminate inaccuracies.
- Objectivity implies that a test produces measurable definite results, hence human error and opinion must not be allowed to influence results.
- Add variety to training
- Monitor progress
- Limitations
- `Personality of tester
- Level of motivation
- Time of day
- Validity
- Reliability
- Predictive tests
- Environmental factors
- Doesn't account for sporting environment
- Specificity
- Personal factors
- Prior test experience
- Maximal Tests
- All-out effort/ test to exhaustion
- E.g.1 rep. max- anaerobic
- E.g. NCF MSFT aerobic maximal test
- Limitations
- Difficulty in ensuring the subject is exerting maximum effort
- Possible dangers of over-exertion and injury
- Dependent on level of motivation
- Submaximal Tests
- Subject exercises below maximum effort
- Extrapolation used to estimate maximum capacities
- Good for sedentary individuals
- E.g. PWC-170 cycle test- maximum HR
- Validity and Reliability
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