Group+PhysEd+Fitness+Testing

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Learning outcomes from fitness testing:
====Incorporating fitness testing into the learning of health and Physical Education is essential to developing practical skills and Knowledge into the topic. Fitness testing allows a wide range of lessons to be learned while the students are participating. Most which are lifestyle lessons to teach the children to make educational decisions in their future in relation to health and physical education. These lessons include, providing skills in physical activity, enhancing personal development and improvement, promoting well-being, introducing fundamental movement skills and setting personal goals. These essential ideas being taught through the participation of fitness testing are important learning aspects within the curriculum for health and physical education.====

**Benefits of fitness testing:**
====When applying the fitness test activity many skills are incorporated in the learning experience. There are six different types of fitness tests that the students will be participating in. These are the beep test, 100 meter sprint, sit up test, and push up test, flexibility test and an agility test. These six tests involve many different physical skills to be applied to complete the task. The positive in the diverse tests mean that the students are exposed to many new skills they might have not experienced before. The students also get the opportunity to do the fitness test on a weekly basis over several weeks. Their results are recorded weekly. By repeating the fitness test over several weeks the students can set themselves weekly improvements goals. This is a valuable life skill that needs to be learned at young ages. The students also get the opportunity to record and compare their own weekly results, understanding the object of improvement.====


 * How to apple each fitness test:**

__Equipment required__: flat surfaced area (Basketball courts), cones, measuring tape, beep test cd, cd player.
====__Procedure__: The test involves continuous running between two lines 20 metres apart from each other. The students run 20 metres to reach the far line; they have to reach this distance before the beep is sounded. The student cannot start running to the opposite line until the beep has been sounded. The beep sound starts of very slow at the start, for every minute that passes the beep starts to have a smaller break in between the last beep sounded. Every minute indicates a higher level being reached. For example the first minute that passes the students have reached level 1. Once the beep beats the student to the opposite line the student cannot run any longer. This test can measure the endurance fitness of the student. The student must remember what level they reached for example level 4 and recorded that score on their sheet.====

__Equipment required:__ timer, cones, measuring tape.
====__Procedure:__ This test involves a continuous sprint to be performed in a 100 metre distance. This test can measure the speed of a student. Place two cones separated 100 metres apart to enable a start and finish line for the students. Before the student begins their sprint they give a signal to their partner who will be standing at the finish line. Once this signal has been made the partner who is standing at the finish line will press the start button on the timer. Once the sprinter crosses the finish line the student timing will press stop. This time will then be recorded on their sheet.====

__Equipment required:__ Timer.
====__Procedure:__ These tests involve the students to use their core body strength. These tests can examine how strong the student is. The student is given a time limit of one minute. Within this one minute the student will try to achieve as many sit ups or push ups as possible. The students will need a partner to time the one minute and also count how many sit ups or push ups the student is doing. Once the minute is completed the number of sit ups or push ups is recorded on their sheet.====

__Equipment required:__ A sit and reach box is needed or you can use a ruler and a box.
====__Procedure:__ This test can examine how flexible the student is. The student needs to remove their shoes, sit on the floor, place their feet on the box and stretch their leg and knee out to making sure the leg is not bent. The student then reaches out with both hands faced down towards the box where the ruler is placed. The student reaches out as far as they can. They have to hold this position for 1-2 seconds so the measurement can be made from there partner. The measurement is recorded to the nearest====

__Equipment required:__ A flat surface (Basketball court), measuring tape, timer and cones.
====__Procedure:__ Agility is being examined in this test; agility is a very important skill for team sports like netball where there is lots of turning and pivots. Typically an agility test is 10 metres long and 5 metres wide. Cones are placed at the start and finish. Cones are also placed in a line a metre apart from each other creating a section where students have to weave in and out of the cones. The students have to complete the task as fast as possible and will be timed by another student. Their time is then recorded onto their sheet. I have provided an example of an agility course below.====

EXAMPLE Table for students to record their fitness test results:
====This is just an example table on how the students can record their fitness testing results. Although the teacher will not be handing out a worksheet that you have made the students will actually create there own recording table. For the students to create their own personalized table get the students to use a technology like a computer or IPad. The students can then create there table from a word document or paint for example. Tell the students to be as creative as possible with there tables including colour, font size and pictures. Encourage the students to use applications on the computer they haven't used before so they are learning about the technologies a computer and IPad can offer. Once the students have completed their own table they will print out a copy so the students can start recording there fitness results in there table. Also get the children to share with other class mates what they have created and what applications on the computer they have used so other students can learn about these applications they might not have known about.====


 * **Fitness test** || **Week 1** || **Week 2** || **Week 3** || **Week 4** || **Week 5** || **Week 6** ||
 * **Beep test** || **Level reached:** || **Level reached:** || **Level reached:** || **Level reached:** || **Level reached:** || **Level reached:** ||
 * **100 metre sprint** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** ||
 * **Sit up test** || **Number of sit ups in 1 min:** || **Number of sit ups in 1 min:** || **Number of sit ups in 1 min:** || **Number of sit ups in 1 min:** || **Number of sit ups in 1 min:** || **Number of sit ups in 1 min:** ||
 * **Push up test** || **Number of push ups in 1 min:** || **Number of push ups in 1 min:** || **Number of push ups in 1 min:** || **Number of push ups in 1 min:** || **Number of push ups in 1 min:** || **Number of push ups in 1 min:** ||
 * **Flexibility test** || **Centimetres reached:** || **Centimetres reached:** || **Centimetres reached:** || **Centimetres reached:** || **Centimetres reached:** || **Centimetres reached:** ||
 * **Agility test** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time taken:** || **Time** ||

**Implementing the fitness testing into action:**
====When implementing this fitness testing program the students need to understand why fitness testing is an important aspect in the topic of health and physical education. The students also need to understand the benefits and the outcomes of a fitness test program. These are the steps that a Teacher would make in implementing the fitness program:==== ====//1.// Get the students to create there very own recording table on a computer or IPad.This gives the students an opportunity to set themselves personal goals and give themselves motivation to improve on a weekly basis.==== ====//2.// Once this has been explained the students need to be paired up so recording fitness test results can be easily done, by one student doing the test and the other recoding and timing. These roles will be switched around before moving to the next fitness test.==== ====//3.// Then the teacher can either explain the six fitness tests to the students or print out a copy of the explanations and give one to each student so they can understand the activity prior to attempting the test.==== ====//4.// When it comes to conducting the fitness tests, each test can be set out within the same perimeter so the teacher can keep an eye on all students at all times. The test can be set out in a circuit formation so the students can move from one test to another.====

7. Once the several weeks have come to an end, the students can look at their recorded sheet and compare their weekly scores to see if there has been an improvement over the period of time
====**OPTIONAL:** teachers can offer incentives for their students at the end of the fitness test program. The teacher can offer rewards for the students who have shown weekly improvement and outstanding behaviour towards the task.====

**Useful resources to teach fitness testing:**
====The **website** [] is a really helpful page to use when you create a fitness testing program. The website gives you many ideas of different types of fitness tests to use. For example if you clicked on the link that says ‘beep test’ it will take you to another page which explains how to perform that particular fitness test. This website could also be a useful resource to give to the students when explaining the task. Giving the students this website will enable them to research what type of fitness tests they will be conducting. From the website giving them details on how to perform the test the students will have more confidence when it comes completing the test.====


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====The site **‘YouTube**’ can also be a very helpful tool in learning how to explain and conduct a fitness test. A written explanation can sometimes become confusing. YouTube shows videos on how to conduct the fitness test. This enables the teacher to see and listen to the explanation at the same time, enabling a greater understanding. For example if you wanted to look up how to conduct a ‘Beep test’ type into YouTube, ‘how to conduct the beep test’. This video is a very helpful in showing you how a beep test works. If you want to find this educational video type the link into a web browser :[| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weEe4V0Ot2Y&feature=player_embedded]====