Testing is improtant to monitor training progress.
But it should take little time and should provide reliable and valid data on running speed, jump strength and power.
Reference lists could help me indentify such assessment tools.
there is a website with lots of information that might be useful:
http://www.topendsports.com/
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Check out these links.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22395270
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25436623
I am using Optogait system, and I find it very useful to obtain important data to assess athletes. The software have several predetermined test.
Good luck
Hi Karel,
Brian MacKenzie, a UK track and field level 4 coach, produced a book which gives an overview of various types of performance testing, and some references for their normative scores, and reliability. This may be a simple place to get a good overview of some choices.
http://www.pponline.co.uk/101Evaluations/pdfs/101EvaluationTests.pdf
If you search his name (but make sure you get the correct person, perhaps by putting UK or level 4 coach), you may get more information about him. I also found his personal coaching website, but the book is able to be downloaded free. (There is another strength and fitness person of the same name, different background knowledge.)
Other field tests that are already in use would include those in the NFL field test battery from the pre-season testing combine. For example: Robbins, D. W., & Goodale, T. (2012). Evaluation of the Physical Test Battery Implemented at the National Football League Combine. Strength & Conditioning Journal, 34(5), 1-10.
Sprinting speed, power and agility are high priority there, so the tests reflect those areas of focus.
Good luck with your research.
Jeremy
30 m 0.60 m sprint Test from movement to measure speed, vertical jump testing and wide jump to measure power
Also for more accurate kinetic analysis programs can be used to measure both the speed and power and strength jump, as apas , winanalysis.......
Check out these links.
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/strength-tests.htm
NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments By NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association, Todd Miller
I wish to thank you dear Karel for asking this question. It helped me a lot to know more about valid fitness tests.
The 40-yard sprint is the most popular distance used in most speed assessments
The gold standard for laboratory-based anaerobic power tests is the Wingate
anaerobic power test (WAnT).The WAnT provides assessments of an athlete’s peak power and mean power, as well as a fatigue index.
The vertical jump is perhaps the most popular field test for assessing anaerobic power.
As Zhixiong Zhou has stated, the best resource would be the NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments published by Human Kinetics, Todd Miller (Ed.), another helpful resource would be The NSCA's Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning 4th Edition, Human Kinetics, Baechle and Earle (Eds.). These two resources would be the best any coach could hope to find. Ultimately the coach's knowledge and understanding will lead to specific tests to measure the attainment of specific training goals for each athlete.
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