Xtreme Fitness HK

Power

 

·       Sargent Jump Test

Location: A flat surface that has clear surroundings.

Repeatability: Same temperature, same time of the day and same location.

Practicality: The athlete will have to raise one of their arms up against the wall and measure it with a piece of chalk or a marker. Then they will then have to jump up and mark the wall when they are jumping. Calculate the distance between the standing mark and jumped mark, and it will give the distnace of how high they can jump. The test will be done 3 times to calculate an average result from the 3 to make it accurate and fair. 

 

Positives

• A positive for this test is that it is a nice and easy test. It does not require much will power as all you will be required to do it jump up and mark a spot on the wall. It will be easy and enjoyable as it gives you time to have a rest form all the other tests. 
• Another positive for this test is that you do not need a lot of equipment. All you will need is a piece of chalk or a marker, a ruler, flat surface and a flat wall that you will be reaching on. That is all  you will need for the test, which also makes it the test that costs the least, as you will not need to go to any gym facilities to test it. 

Negatives

• A negative for this test is that the chalk may not mark when you jump, meaning you would have to do it again. If the chalk or marker does not mark and you think it has, it would be wasting your time and also it will give you inaccurate data. It is important that you use pressure when you are jumping to try and mark the wall. But when you know you need to mark the wall, you might be slightly more concentrated in ensuring that the will is marked, than actually trying. 
• Inaccurate data when reading the mark off the wall will not give you the correct score, and it might make your final score a lot different compared to your normative data. Also when the chalk has been marked on the wall, it might be slightly slanted, so you might read a score that is higher than what you can jump, or lower. 

 

·       Vertical Jump

Location: Make sure there is a flat wall with no bumps as well as posters on it, and a flat surface floor. 

Repeatability: Same place, same temperautre, same time of day.

Practicality: Give the athlete either a pen that they can mark the wall with, or a sticker that they will put on it. Allow them to mark the wall before they jump with their arm in the air. After they have marked it, they will jump up and see how high they can jump. Their score will be a best of 3, and also they will measure it from the resting jump, to the best jump they have jumped. 

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