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É L Õ T E R M É S Z E T T U D O M Á N Y O K
FUNCTIONAL TESTING IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTION OF
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Author: Zoltán AGÓCS 6 th year undergraduate student
Supervisor: Dr Ottó BARAK associate professor
Institution: University of Novi Sad, Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Novi Sad
The insight into the degree of physical fitness of every player should represent a significant factor for every coach
of American football in the process of forming a team. In the USA, the standards for testing in this sport had been defined
long time ago. American football belongs to sports typically defined as „explosive” with anaerobic component
being of crucial importance.
The goal of the research was to determine to what extent do the measurements of motoric skills in sportsmen,
performed on the field complement those performed in laboratory & vice versa. The choice of subjects was determined
by the number of applicants who wanted to train American football. Speed (10 and 40 yds), repetitive muscle
strength of the arm and leg extensors (bench and semisquat exercise), agility and coordination (on the testing ground)
were tested. As laboratory tests for evaluation of the anaerobic capacity we used Wingate anaerobic test and dynamometry.
The results of the field testing of the chest muscles and leg extensors strength are given in the number of
times the subject can achieve 70% of the maximum load per minute. On average subjects lifted the bench press bar
16.17±4.16 times and they did 80.44±21.21 semisquats. The values gained through the dynamometric tests show a
high level of correlation (p