Quick Feet Test
Testing and measurement are the means of collecting information upon which subsequent performance evaluations and decisions are made but in the analysis we need to bear in mind the factors that may influence the results.
Objective
The quick feet test provides information on the presence of fast-twitch muscle fibre in the muscles involved in sprinting and indicates your potential to execute quick movements. Hereditary factors such as limb length, muscle attachments, and proportion of fast-twitch fibres do place a limit on one's maximum potential, but we can improve our speed and quickness with proper training.
Required Resources
To undertake this test you will require
- Flat surface
- 20 two-foot long sticks or a 20-rung rope ladder
- Stop watch
- Assistant
How to conduct the test
Place 20 two-foot long sticks 18 inches apart or a 20-rung stride rope ladder on grass or athletics track.
Athletes should pump their arms vigorously in a sprint-arm motion and use very little knee lift while running down the ladder without touching the sticks/rungs.
The coach starts the stopwatch when the athlete's foot first touches the ground between the first and second stick/rung and stops the watch when contact is first made with the ground beyond the last stick/rung. Record the better of two trials.
Analysis
Analysis of the result is by comparing it with the results of previous tests. It is expected that, with appropriate training between each test, the analysis would indicate an improvement in the athlete's foot speed.
Normative Data
Speed through a ladder can indicate much about an athlete's quickness. A time of less than 2.8 seconds for males and 3.4 seconds for females for running the length of a 20 rung ladder, one foot in each rung at a time, is considered as excellent for college athletes.
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Target Group
This test is suitable for active athletes but not for individuals where the test would be contraindicated.
Reliability
Reliability would depend upon, how strict the test is conducted and the individual's level of motivation to perform the test.
Validity
There are published tables to relate results to a potential level of fitness and the correlation is high.
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Associated Pages
The following Sports Coach pages should be read in conjunction with this page:
- Articles on Speed training
- Fartlek Training
- Hill Training
- Reaction Speed
- Speed Training
- 40 yard dash training program
Associated Books
The following books provide more information related to this topic:
- Sports Speed, G. Dintiman et al., ISBN 0 88011 607 2
- Speed, T. McNab, ISBN 0 948615 23 0
- Advanced Studies in Physical Education and Sport, P Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 4482345
- Physical Education and the Study of Sport, B. Davis et al., ISBN 0 7234 31752
- Essentials of Exercise Physiology, W.D. McArdle et al., ISBN 0 683 30507 7
- Physical Education and Sport Studies, D. Roscoe et al., ISBN 1 901424 20 0
- The World of Sport Examined, P. Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 438719 9
- Advanced PE for Edexcel, F. Galligan et al., ISBN 0 435 50643 9
- Examining Physical Education, K. Bizley, ISBN 0 435 50660 9
- Sport and PE, K Wesson et al., ISBN 0 340 683821
- PE for you, J. Honeybourne, ISBN 0 7487 3277 2