This week Monday I started my new job. I am not thoroughly interested in this job, but by studying and preparing for this examination it will keep me motivated to be a better therapist to get that great job out there!
I just got the NSCA Essentials of Strength and Conditioning book to help study. All information comes directly from there.
Chapter 12
Definition:
* Formative Evaluation: Periodic reevaluation based on midtests administered during the training, usually at regular intervals. It enables monitoring of the athlete's progress and adjustment of the training program. It also allows for the evaluation of different training methods and collection of normative data. Keeps the training program fresh and interesting.
* Construct Validity: Ability to represent the underlying construct.
* Face Validity: Does it look like it would test what its supposed to?
* Content Validity: Does it have all the pieces necessary to the goal?
* Criterion-Referenced Validity: the extent to which test scores are associated with some other measure of the same ability (i.e. both test agility and kicking ability)
* Concurrent validity: extent to which tests scores are associated with those of other accepted tests
* Convergent validity: High positive correlation between results of of the test being assessed and those of the recognized measure "gold standard"
* Predictive validity: extent to which the test scores correspond with future performance
* Discriminant validity: ability of a test to distinguish between two different constructs (i.e. tests that measure two different things)
Test Selection: Must have knowledge of the sport, the metabolic energy systems, biomechanical movement patterns, athlete experience, training status, age, and environmental factors.
* At altitude one should be given at least 10 days to acclimatize prior to testing
Temperature limits at various range of humidity for strenuous exercise testing:
* 95 degrees at 0 percent humidity
* 90 degrees for 1-20 percent humidity
* 85 degrees for 21-50% humidity
* 80 degrees for 51-90% humidity
* 75 degrees for Florida summers (91-100% humidity)
A tester can administer up to two non-fatiguing
tests in sequence to an athlete as long as test reliability
can be maintained.
When multiple trials of a test (e.g., the repeated trials
it takes to find a 1RM) or a battery of tests is performed,
allow complete recovery between trials (28). There
should be at least 2 minutes of rest between attempts
that are not close to the athlete’s maximum and 3 minutes
between attempts that are close to the maximum,
as judged by the relative difficulty of the previous trial
or testing set (19). When administering a test battery
(e.g., one in which wrestlers perform maximal repetition
pull-up and push-up tests for assessment of local
muscular endurance), tests should be separated by at
least 5 minutes to prevent the effects of fatigue from
confounding test results.
Testing order: (Not-set in stone)
1. Non-fatiguing tests (e.g., height, weight, flexibility,
skinfold and girth measurements, vertical
jump)
2. Agility tests (e.g., T-test, pro agility test)
3. Maximum power and strength tests (e.g., 1RM
power clean, 1RM squat)
4. Sprint tests (e.g., 40 m sprint with split times at
10 m and 20 m)
5. Local muscular endurance tests (e.g., push-up test)
6. Fatiguing anaerobic capacity tests (e.g., 300-yard
[275 m] shuttle)
7. Aerobic capacity tests (e.g., 1.5-mile [2.4 km] run
or Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test)
Tests requiring phosphogen energy systems require 3-5 minute recovery
Tests requiring anaerobic glycolytic system require 1 hour rest
1. week before test estimate fitness level under regular circumstances
2. Avoid testing under extreme conditions, instead inside, early in the morning or night time
3. Athletes should be acclimitized for at least 1 week prior
4. Hydrate 24 hours prior, salt tablets avoided
5. Light colored and loose fitting top and shorts
6. Heart rate monitored, be attentive to symptoms of heat stroke or exhaustion
7. Be attentive to hyponatremia or water intoxication, bloated skin, dilute urine, altered consciousness or loss of consciousness, with no increase in body temperature. No fluids given to athlete
8. Always have emergency numbers available.
Information should be given to athletes prior to testing 1-3 days prior
General and Specific warm-ups should be done prior to testing to improve reliability
Active stretching and low-intensity movement as a cool-down is a good idea.
Chapter 13: Administration, Scoring and Interpretation of Selected Tests
Strength - Low Speed
Power - High Speed; Both muscle output
Anaerobic Capacity: 30-90 seconds
Speed: distances 10-100 meters; distances over time
* Electronic timing devices preferred.
Body Composition: DEXA and Hydrostatic weighing are the gold standards.
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