These days most of us get ready for the new season. Here are some tests for football players’ pre-season testing. The criteria for their inclusion in the list are 1) specificity to football, 2) validity, reliability, 3) they are easy to conduct in terms of time and resources.
| Evaluate | Test | Needs |
| Body composition, growth | -Body fat (skinfolds) -Height | Skinfold caliper, scales, tape |
| length asymmetries | -Legs length | |
| Flexibility | Sit & reach | Specific device or ruler |
| Reaction time | T-Test | Photocells or stopwatch |
| Explosiveness | Counter-movement jump | Contact mat or force plate |
| | Squat jump | |
| | Drop jumps | |
| Agility | 505 test | Photocells or stopwatch |
| | Illinois test | Photocells or stopwatch |
| | Ajax shuttle test | Photocells or stopwatch |
| Anaerobic power | Repetitive jumps test | Contact mat or force plate |
| Anaerobic lactic acid capacity | -7reps of 35m with 25sec of active recovery -10 reps X 20m | Photocells or stopwatch |
| Aerobic capacity | -20m endurance shuttle run -Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test | CD player |
| Leg muscle strength asymmetries | Countermovement jump | Force plate |
| Maturity indices (for young players) | -anthropometry -hand and wrist X-ray | |
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