Conditional skills | ||
Standing long jump | ・ Determines jumping power of the legs ・ Participants had two tries to jump with both legs as far as possible and land on both feet ・ Highest value was used for data analysis [27] [28] | |
Sit-ups | ・ Assess strength and endurance of the abdominal muscles and hip-flexors ・ Participants had 40 seconds to do as many sit-ups as possible [27] [28] | |
Push-ups | ・ Examine muscular strength and endurance of arms and trunk ・ Participant had 40 seconds to conduct push-ups ・ Only correctly performed push-ups were noted [27] [28] | |
6-min run | ・ Measures aerobic endurance ・ Participants ran as far as they could for 6 min ・ Exact distance in meters was recorded [27] [28] | |
Coordinative skills | ||
Lateral jumps | ・ Assess whole body co-ordination under time pressure ・ Participants jumped back and forth over a line as often as possible in 15 seconds ・ Two trials were executed ・ Number of correctly performed jumps of both runs were noted [27] [28] | |
One-leg stand | ・ Used to observe co-ordination for precision and balance on standing ・ Participants stood barefooted on a small rope on the floor on one leg for 1 minute ・ Ground contacts of the free leg were counted [27] [28] | |
Flexibility | ||
Sit and reach | ・ Flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles were assessed ・ Participants legs were fully stretched against a standardized sit and reach box when reaching along the top of the box with both hands as far forward as possible ・ Distance reached by the fingertips (cm) was noted [27] [28] | |