I’m sure everyone’s familiar with the The National Invitational Camp or NFL Combine.
Athletes are tested for their raw physical abilities, which influences their ability to be drafted into Pro Teams. I guess the NFL Combine is an OK measurement of physical ability…
But what sort of test would you create if you were trying to determine overall fitness?
My Choice:
It seems like a lot of your tests involve skill more than physical fitness.
If we were limited in the amount of tests we could choose, I would pick the standing vertical jump (to test leg power), maybe a heavy medicine ball throw off the chest for height (to test upper body pushing power), and some kind of longish run like the mile or 2 mile (to test endurance).
For overal fitness I would want to test the following parameters
strength-deadlift max
muscle endurance-maxpullup,pushup,situp
cardio- 1.5 mile run for time
explosiveness-vertical jump, 40 yd dash
flexibilty?- sit and reach
There are others you could add. The deadlift might be the only true technique limiting test on there. The others are pretty much straight forward.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
I’m sure everyone’s familiar with the The National Invitational Camp or NFL Combine.
Athletes are tested for their raw physical abilities, which influences their ability to be drafted into Pro Teams. I guess the NFL Combine is an OK measurement of physical ability…
But what sort of test would you create if you were trying to determine overall fitness?
My Choice:
The hammer throw is a great idea. I think the 800M run, swimming and 10k bike would be kinda pointless considering it wouldn’t necessarily translate into on field play.
I think it depends upon position as well. Pullup strength would be as usefull as bench strength for alot of the skill positions.