Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
Context
The aim of this unit is to enable learners gain an understanding of fitness testing and the importance
of health screening and health monitoring tests.
Task Overview
The ability to conduct fitness testing is a vital skill for the sport scientist to possess. All athletes and
people starting exercise need to know where they are at any point in time so they can work out
how close they are to where they want to be.
This unit will start by looking at a battery of fitness tests that can be used with athletes and people
taking exercise, and will consider any advantages and disadvantages with these methods. Then we
will look at screening techniques and health-monitoring tests that are used to identify whether a
person is healthy enough to perform these fitness tests, which can push an individual to the limits
of their fitness. Once we have knowledge of the tests, we will look at how these tests can be
administered safely and how the data you gain from the tests can be interpreted.
Date of issue: 6th Sep 2012
Date of submission:21st Dec 2012
Learning outcomes
On completion of this unit, you should:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Know a range of laboratory-based and field-based fitness tests.
Be able to use health-screening techniques.
Be able to administer appropriate fitness tests.
Be able to interpret the results of fitness tests and provide feedback.
Refer to the assignment task sheet and the criteria tick sheet to ensure that you meet the
standards for pass, merit and distinction for Unit 7. There are three tasks to complete for
this unit.
Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
Assignment Task Sheet
Task
1
Activities
Assessment
criteria
Exploring Laboratory-based and Field-based Fitness Tests
Date task set: 6th Sept 2012
Deadline: 1st Oct 2012
As a Health Fitness Instructor, one of your main roles and responsibilities is to
conduct health and fitness assessments with clients. Practically explore the
physical fitness components through fitness testing.
a) Fill in the following table to demonstrate your knowledge of the tests for the
different components of fitness and their advantages and disadvantages.
Component of
fitness
Flexibility
Strength
Aerobic
Endurance
Speed
Anaerobic
Endurance
Muscular
Endurance
Body
Composition
Description of a test for
component of fitness
Description of tests
strengths and
weaknesses
Explanation of tests
strengths and
weaknesses
P1,M1
Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
What must be evidenced:
Fitness Tests: Flexibility, e.g. sit and reach; strength, eg 1 RM, grip
dynamometer; aerobic endurance, eg multi-stage fitness test, step test,
maximal treadmill protocol; speed, eg sprint tests; power, eg vertical
jump, wingate test; muscular endurance, eg one-minute press up, oneminute sit up; body composition, eg skinfold calipers, bioelectrical
impedance analysis, hydrodensitometry.
Advantages and disadvantages of different tests: eg cost, time, equipment
requirement, facility requirement, skill level of person carrying out test,
issues with test validity, issues with test reliability.
Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
2
Health Screening
Date task set: 1st Oct 2012
Deadline: 29th Oct 2012
Implement health screening and health monitoring tests for two contrasting
individuals.
a) Using the health-screening questionnaire provided as a template, design
your own questionnaire that includes: personal details, goals, current
activity levels, lifestyle factors and medical history.
b) Devise and use appropriate health-screening procedures for two
individuals who have different goals and a different health status (e.g.
conditioned and unconditioned).
c) Use the following table to record and analyse the results of four healthrelated tests for the two individuals.
Name of Test
Result of test
Resting Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Lung Function
Body Mass Index
Strengths:
Areas for improvement:
Interpretation of test: fit &
healthy/proceed with caution/GP
referral
P2
P3
P4, M2
Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
d) Evaluate the information gained from the health-screening questionnaire
and the fitness tests and make recommendations on how each individual
could improve their lifestyle.
D1
What must be evidenced:
Health-screening procedures: health screening questionnaires; client
consultation, eg questioning, listening, non-verbal communication, client
confidentiality; informed consent; coronary heart risk factors; medical
referral.
Health monitoring tests: eg heart rate, blood pressure, lung function,
waist-to-hip ratio, body mass index.
3
How Fit Are You?
Date task set: 29th Oct 2012
Deadline: 22nd Dec 2012
Administer fitness tests for an individual and interpret test results.
a) Choose six fitness tests specifically identified for the individual that you
have selected to test. Safely administer these tests.
b) Justify why you chose these six tests for this individual (think about
choosing tests specific to the goals and fitness needs of that individual).
P5
M3
Comment on:
suitability, reliability, validity, practicality
c) Develop a table and record the scores for each of the six tests.
P5
d) Prepare and then present feedback to the individual in the form of a
consultation. You should have worked out how their score fits into the
normative data for each test and what the implications of the results are.
P6
Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
e) As part of the consultation, summarise by identifying the individual’s
strengths and weaknesses and then provide recommendations for their
future training activities.
What must be evidenced:
Fitness tests: eg multi-stage fitness test, step test, maximal treadmill
protocol, 1 RM, grip dynamometer, vertical jump, wingate test, sprint tests,
one-minute press up, one-minute sit up, skinfold callipers, bioelectrical
impedance analysis, hydrodensitometry; preparation for tests, eg selection
of tests, reliability, validity and practicality of tests; purpose, eg identify
components of fitness which need to be improved, give a benchmark from
which to measure improvement, allow a more specific programme to be
written, play a role in educating individuals about health and fitness.
Administer: pre-test procedures; test sequence; test protocols; health and
safety; recording test results; reasons to terminate a fitness test.
Interpret results against normative data: compare and make judgements
against, eg population norms, norms for sports performers, norms for elite
athletes, accepted health ranges.
Feedback: feedback, eg verbal, written; tests carried out; test results;
levels of fitness; strengths and areas for improvement; recommendations.
Useful websites for Unit 1
American College of Sports Medicine
British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Coachwise
Human Kinetics
Sport Science
Sports Coach UK
Top End Sports
www.acsm.org
www.bases.org.uk
www.1st4sport.com
www.humankinetics.com
www.sportsci.org
www.sportscoachuk.org
www.topendsports.com
M4, D2
Edexcel BTEC Level 3/Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
Unit 7 Assignment Title: Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
Criteria Mark Sheet
Pass
Met
Comment
Describe one test for each component of physical
fitness, including advantages and disadvantages
Prepare an appropriate health screening
questionnaire
TASK 1
P3
Devise and use appropriate health screening procedures
for two contrasting individuals
TASK 2
P4
Safely administer and interpret the results of four
different health monitoring tests for two contrasting
individuals
TASK 2
P5
Select and safely administer six different fitness tests for a
selected individual recording the findings
Give feedback to a selected individual, following fitness
testing, describing the test results and interpreting their
levels of fitness against normative data.
TASK 3
P1
P2
P6
Merit
M1 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of one fitness
test for each component of physical fitness
TASK 2
TASK 3
TASK 1
M2
Describe the strengths and areas for improvement for
two contrasting individuals using information from
health screening questionnaires and health
monitoring tests
TASK 2
M3
Justify the selection of fitness tests commenting on
suitability, reliability, validity and practicality
TASK 2
M4
Compare the fitness test results to normative data and
identify strengths and areas for improvement
TASK 3
Distinction
D1 Evaluate the health screening questionnaires and
TASK 2
health monitoring test results and provide
recommendations for lifestyle improvement
D2
Analyse the fitness test results and provide
recommendations for appropriate future activities or
training
TASK 3