Fitness Test?

[Guest bluegeordie]

As a sports scientist a fitness test generally involves an athlete performing some sport related exercises which are checked against their previous results. If they perform the exercise/s with the same result as previously they will be passed fit.

 

We would prefer it if we were allowed enough time to get the player in better than previous condition, because at their previous level they were about to get injured. This is the case for strains sprains tears, and ruptures.

 

The easiest example would be Oba Martins can run the 100m in 10.8 seconds, he gets injured and after his recovery period he undergoes a fitness test and he runs the 100m in 12 seconds. Well that would be a fail in our books and we would recommend further recovery and rehab, coaches however might not listen field him anyway and he gets injured again. Now if we got him running it in 10 flat we would be very happy and would recommend him to start.

 

Beep tests are used, there are heaps of tests used for assessing fitness but they are only useful if you know their previous level.

 

Hope that clears it up a bit for you.

 

Yep, that clarifies things a great deal - cheers

 

But just one question, if last Sunday's Taylor vs Petrov sprint was used as a benchmark for the former's fitness, would I be correct in assuming that if in future Taylor managed to complete 100m in anything under, say, 28 seconds then he'd automatically be passed fit?

[Guest BigSamsBarmyArmy]

As a sports scientist a fitness test generally involves an athlete performing some sport related exercises which are checked against their previous results. If they perform the exercise/s with the same result as previously they will be passed fit.

 

We would prefer it if we were allowed enough time to get the player in better than previous condition, because at their previous level they were about to get injured. This is the case for strains sprains tears, and ruptures.

 

The easiest example would be Oba Martins can run the 100m in 10.8 seconds, he gets injured and after his recovery period he undergoes a fitness test and he runs the 100m in 12 seconds. Well that would be a fail in our books and we would recommend further recovery and rehab, coaches however might not listen field him anyway and he gets injured again. Now if we got him running it in 10 flat we would be very happy and would recommend him to start.

 

Beep tests are used, there are heaps of tests used for assessing fitness but they are only useful if you know their previous level.

 

Hope that clears it up a bit for you.

 

Really quite useful reading that.