PART 3: TESTS

NEURO-MUSCULAR FITNESS CHECK

In order to verify this fitness, we can at first use the measurement, because it is known that an increase in muscle power is accompanied by an increase in muscle volume.

Therefore, the taking of the different perimeters (arm, chest, thighs, legs, etc.) provides initial data on the athlete’s muscle condition, also facilitating the monitoring of the process obtained with the training in which an increase in the aforementioned perimeters will correspond.

BATTERY TESTING

Among the numerous known and applied tests, we decided to choose the ones that best evaluate the most important physical qualities required by the practice of football. Among these, we prefer to opt for the following tests that have been divided into:

1 – MUSCLE POWER (POWER) – CIRCUIT TEST

2 – LOCALIZED MUSCLE ENDURANCE – CIRCUIT TEST

3 – SPEED

4 – ORGANIC FITNESS – ENDURANCE

5 – MUSCLE FLEXIBILITY AND JOINT ABILITY

WHAT ARE THEY?

1 – MUSCULAR POWER – being translated by the expression “Speed”, the tests intended to test them must necessarily require the execution of an explosive movement. It will be interesting that this movement requires relatively little technique on the part of the performer, so that it does not interfere with the result.

A – ARMS – medicine-ball pitch, with both arms, still, without drive.

B – LEGS – long jump without impulse.

2 – LOCALIZED MUSCULAR RESISTANCE – being defined as the ability to perform under light loads, a number of repetitions, the tests designed to evaluate them should include simple movements that can be repeated many times.

3 – SPEED – characterized by the execution of one or more movements in a minimum of time, the speed should be tested by a test of maximum intensity and short duration. In particular, the evaluation of the travel speed is of interest, and it is recommended to use “short shots”, standing exit or “moving”, between 40 and 60 for ground tests, because, as we know, the maximum speed can only be maintained for short periods. The distance of 50 meters was the favorite.

4 – ORGANIC APTITUDE – the physical tests designed to assess organic fitness, in general, aim to determine the behavior of the cardiocirculatory system before a sphinism, through the control of pulsations. Cooper’s test was chosen.

12- MINUTE TEST (COOPER)

It is a test designed to evaluate “ENDURANCE” (physical quality that allows long-term medium intensity efforts to be built at the Texas Aerospace Laboratory to serve as a selective test in the U.S. Air Force training program. Its execution is simple: the athlete must travel, in 12 minutes, as far as possible.

12- MINUTE TEST (COOPER)

If you lose your breath, you can slow down and even walk, and then recover to restart the race. The distance achieved will provide the individual’s physical fitness index, correlating it with its maximum oxygen consumption, which will be determined, according to a table elaborated by comparing the results obtained, on the track, with those achieved in laboratories using the treadmill, when it is concluded that 12 minutes would be the ideal time for the duration of the test. It is a test mounted on scientific bases, of validity already duly proven, and that, due to its simplicity of execution, becomes accessible to any coach, being especially indicated in the case of football.

TABLE (CHECKING THE SHAPE THROUGH THE DISTANCES TRAVELED)

DEGREE OF APIDÃO

Distance traveled Athletes Non-Athlete

(in meters)

Up to 1600 Weak Too weak

1600 to 2000 Weak Weak

2000 to 2400 Weak Acceptable

2400 to 2800 Acceptable Good

2800 to 3000 Good Excellent

3000 to 3200 Very good Excellent

above 3200 …………….. Excellent

P.S. – As it is the Magazine!

4 – MOBILITY CHECK

JOINT AND FLEXIBILITY – Associates who are as basic components of body mechanics, can be tested through tests in which one can measure the angles of the articulated segments, which can be done with devices (gnometers) by estimative examination.

A – MOBILITY OF THE HIPS – (THIGH-PHEMURAL)

1 – ANTERO-POSTERIOR – the lying individual, with the flat spine, brakes with his hands, strongly, the upper leg and lowers the lower.

Flexible (Angle from 155* to 165*)

B – MOBILITY OF THE SPINE AND LUMBAR MUSCLES –

a) Flexion of the trunk on the legs – feet together – touching the forehead on the knees.

C – FLEXIBILITY OF LEG MUSCLES – LATERAL CLEARANCE ADDUCTORS –

Sitting, try to push away as much as possible the feet, keeping the legs stretched.