The Multi Stage Fitness Test

GCSE Physical Education (Sport & Coaching)

Session 1

Introduction,

This test of fitness is very good for game players as it is specific to the nature of there sport, but due to the intervals of turning this test may not be appropriate for the athletes with a high level of cardio vascular fitness such as the Rowers, Runners and cyclists. As I am a swimmer this would be a good test for my land based training but in the pool another test would be more appropriate.

Objective,

Is to improve my cardiovascular Endurance, I will do this by doing a number of specific land training sets. Along with a few in the pool.

Equipment,

For this test we would need

A flat surface that is at least 20 metres in length
Marking cones
Pre-recorded audio tape
Tape recorder
Recording sheets
Assistant
30 metre tape measure

What we did!

First of all we did our warm up and stretches you will find out more about this in the coming pages.
we then lined up ready to go between two cones with all our other class mates with our assistants on the bench.
When the tape had counted down we started the first level.
Each bleep represents ...

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Equipment,

For this test we would need

A flat surface that is at least 20 metres in length
Marking cones
Pre-recorded audio tape
Tape recorder
Recording sheets
Assistant
30 metre tape measure

What we did!

First of all we did our warm up and stretches you will find out more about this in the coming pages.
we then lined up ready to go between two cones with all our other class mates with our assistants on the bench.
When the tape had counted down we started the first level.
Each bleep represents the next shuttle, when there is a number of beeps at once this represents the next level. When you reach this stage they will tell you on the tape what level you are on.
The test starts off really slow at a speed of 8.5Km/hr and then increases by a further 0.5Km/hr at each level.
Each person must place one foot over the tape to get that shuttle and to remain in the test. if the person fails to get there foot over they have to drop out.
I dropped out at 12.2 which was a good result for me

Taking the recovery rate

Once I had dropped out I needed to find my assistant and get them to watch the clock so I could take my pulse rate.
When they said go I begin to take my pulse and 15 seconds later they said stop and I then told them how many beats I recorded, then my assistant timed this figure by four and this gave them there first reading.
I did this for the amount of minutes it took for my pulse rate to get back to what it was before I started the test, in my case 7 minutes.

Evaluation

I thought I did really well in this test as I thought my results would be lower due to an interference with my training schedule do to a number of ear infections. Although my pool training was hindered by these infections I noticed I was doing a lot more on land. So this could be the reason for my hired result. This is the best result I have ever achieved in school in this test as before I had never got above level 12. Next time I do this test I will be aiming to get closer or even break level 13, but I would have to up my cardiovascular endurance training to do this.

Steve Clark 11u/11E

G.C.S.E. Physical education

Mrs Mayes