Online Course
Test Administration and Test Batteries for Fitness and Performance Testing in Sport
Skillfully facilitate "testing day" to be a day of excellence for athletes and testers

1-1.5 hours

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James Laskin
Course instructor

Dr. James Laskin has extensive experience as a researcher and clinician

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Introduction

A battery of fitness and performance tests is a combination of tests put together in a structured way to address various physical fitness and athletic components. These tests should be valid and reliable. The administration of these tests should consider the health and safety of athletes, the selection and training of testers, as well as the format of testing. This course will cover key considerations in the test administration of fitness and performance tests.

Aims

This course aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the administration of fitness and performance tests in sports.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Video
  2. Reading activity
  3. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • discuss health and safety considerations when conducting fitness and performance tests
  • describe the administration of fitness and performance tests
  • identify at least two examples of fitness and performance test batteries

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.