Unit 6: Fitness testing for sport and exercise - Pearson Schools

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BTEC National Sport Assessment and Delivery Resource
6.1 Introductory activity: the role of fitness test
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There are many reasons why an individual or athlete may use a number of fitness tests.
In small groups, try to identify six possible reasons for using fitness tests. For example,
an individual may take a fitness test after recovering from injury.
Next, with the aid of your tutor, draw up a group list of reasons on the whiteboard or
flip chart. This list will be a good starting point in terms of understanding the role that
fitness tests can play in relation to fitness and health.
6.2 Worksheet – fitness tests explored
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Activities for Learning outcome 6.1
Figure 6.1: Cartoon showing athlete running on a treadmill, with oxygen mask, heart rate
monitor, electrodes in skin etc, connected up to a bank of machinery, Athlete is looking
exhausted and sweat is pouring off her/him. One onlooker is saying to another: ‘S/he’s given
up training altogether: s/he just does fitness tests.’
Produce a spider diagram of several possible fitness tests (try to think of ten) that you
can use with an individual, for example, the sit and reach test. Once you have done this,
you should describe the protocol (method) for three of the tests in the spider diagram.
Finally, for one test you have described, analyse the advantages and disadvantages of
using it.
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