Testing

Speed is a crucial component of physical performance in football.

As a result, I have updated the homepage with a part detailing different facets of speed.

We have updated our section "Testing - aerobic endurance" with the INTER - test.

A test that combines continuous running, with sprints and change of direction.

We have updated our homepage section "testing aerobic endurance of football players" with the Probst test.

We have updated our homepage section "testing aerobic endurance of football players" with the Tcar - the Carminatti's test.

We have updated our Testing aerobic endurance section.

Martin Buchheit released the test protocol and the audio file for his 30-15 on his dropbox profile.

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we have updated our homepage with a text about testing aerobic endurance in football.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation - Testing - Aerobic endurance - 45-15 test.

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we have updated our homepage with a text about what tests have been used in football specific endurance testing.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation - Testing - Aerobic endurance - football specific endurance test.

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we have updated our homepage with a text about testing football players aerobic endurance - The 30-15 intermittent fitness test.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation - Testing - Aerobic endurance - 30-15 intermittent fitness test.

This blog-post is not suppose to be an article coaches should read, BUT something they should participate in...meaning:

The college soccer season is about to kick-off and we would like to provide you with normative data from aerobic endurance tests.  In order to do so, we would like to know a) which tests you are using to test/monitor your athletes and b) the scores your players achieve in this test.

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We have written a text about testing aerobic endurance in soccer - Yo-Yo tests.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Aerobic endurance - Yo-Yo tests.

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We have written a text about testing (reactive) agility - video-based.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Agility - Video.

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We have written a text about testing (reactive) agility in football - using flashing lights.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Agility - Flashing lights.

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We have written a text about testing agility in football - coach based.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Agility - A coach.

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We have written a text about testing aerobic endurance in football players using the Loughborough test,

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Aerobic endurance - Loughborough test.

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We have written a text about testing aerobic endurance in football players using the University of Montreal Track test,

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Aerobic endurance - The University of Montreal Track test.

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We have written a text about testing aerobic endurance in football players using the 20m multistage shuttle run test/Beep test.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Aerobic endurance - 20m multistage shuttle run test/Beep test.

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We have written a text about testing skills in football players.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Skill.

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We have written a text about testing strength and power in football players.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - strength and power.

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We have written a text about testing agility in football players.

Please click HERE or just follow the navigation Testing - Agility.

As the first part of our series “Testing aerobic endurance” in football players, we are discussing a real “classic” (maybe even THE godfather of) test(s) – The Cooper test.

The LINK will guide to the section where we discuss the test, how to perform it, the equipment needed, its correlation and validity with/in football players/performance, how it can be used to calculate players’ VO2max and also point(s) of criticism.

Or you can go to Testing --> Aerobic endurance --> Cooper test

We have updated our website about testing Change of Direction (COD) ability in football.

You can use THIS LINK or the navigation at the top of the website to get to the updated part.

Due to various requests, we have decided to open our website and provide more specific information to all our visitors.

The first page we are releasing is about testing aerobic endurance of football players, probably THE most important physical component.

Generally we have listed ALL tests (to our knowledge) that have been utilized to test football players and we have categorized them into field and laboratory testing.

In the near future we will further provide more specific information to all tests.

Please follow the link to read the entire update.