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Sport Specific Performance Tests

With so many tests to choose from, selecting appropriate tests for a sport can be confusing. Below I have identified a selection of sports and suggested a possible test to evaluate each athlete's fitness components.

Suggested evaluation tests are available for the following sports:

Basketball Boxing Badminton Cricket
Cycling Hockey Golf Rowing
Rugby Running Squash Soccer
Swimming Tennis T&F - Jumps T&F - Throws
T&F - Sprints USA Football    

Basketball

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Multistage Fitness Test or Bleep test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Lateral Change of Direction test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Vertical Jump Test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 40 metres multiple Sprint Test

Boxing

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power 60 metres speed test

Cricket

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 60 metres speed test

Cycling

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power Wingate ANaerobic 30 cycle test

Field Hockey

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Multistage Fitness Test or Bleep test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Illinois agility run test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Wilf Paish Rugby Football Tests
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power 40 metres multiple Sprint Test

Golf

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Illinois agility run test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 40 metres multiple Sprint Test

Rowing

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Illinois agility run test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power Concept 2 Rowing Step test

Rugby

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Multistage Fitness Test or Bleep test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Illinois agility run test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Wilf Paish Rugby Football Tests
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power 40 metres multiple Sprint Test

Running - Endurance

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Cooper VO2 max test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 60 metres speed test

Racket Sports (Badminton, Squash, Tennis)

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Multistage Fitness Test or Bleep test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Lateral Change of Direction test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body-Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power 300-yard shuttle test

Soccer

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Yo-Yo Intermittent Endurance Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Illinois agility run test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Wilf Paish Rugby Football Tests
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power 40 metres multiple Sprint Test

Swimming

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Critical Swim Speed
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Lateral Change of Direction test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 300-yard shuttle test

Track & Field - Jumps

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Jumps Decathlon
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 60 metres speed test

Track & Field - Throws

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Medicine Ball Javelin Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 60 metres speed test

Track & Field - Sprints

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Queens College Step Test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Quick Feet test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Quadrathlon
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Squats Test
Speed and Power 60 metres speed test

USA Football

Fitness Component Evaluation Test
Aerobic Endurance Multistage Fitness Test or Bleep test
Anaerobic Endurance Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test
Agility Illinois agility run test
Balance Standing Stork Test Blind
Body Composition Body Fat Percentage
Coordination Hand-Eye Coordination
Fitness General  Wilf Paish Rugby Football Tests
Flexibility Sit and Reach test
Psychology Sport Competition Anxiety Test
Reaction Time Ruler Drop Test
Strength - Core  Core muscle strength and stability test
Strength - Elastic Standing Long Jump test
Strength - General  Burpee Test
Speed and Power 40 metres multiple Sprint Test

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  • MACKENZIE, B. (2011) Sport Specific Performance Tests [WWW] Available from: https://www.brianmac.co.uk/evalsports.htm [Accessed