Field tests

Shuttle run, VAMEVAL, Cooper, CMJ and Ruffier-Dickson tests: what they measure and how to calculate results.

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Léger shuttle run test: what is it?
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20 m back-and-forth runs at a speed rising every minute, to exhaustion.
It estimates MAS and VO₂max.
Why prefer a progressive test to measure MAS?
- It does not require going to exhaustion
- The imposed pace avoids pacing errors
- It measures VO₂max directly by gas analysis
- It always lasts less time than the Cooper test
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The imposed pace avoids pacing errors
The shuttle run or VAMEVAL set the speed stage by stage, to exhaustion; they estimate MAS without gas analysis.
VAMEVAL: what is it?
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A progressive track test with cones, whose speed rises by 0.5 km/h a minute.
The speed of the last stage reached gives MAS.
A pupil starts the Cooper test too fast and ends walking. Does the result reflect his MAS?
- No: poor pacing skews the test
- Yes: the distance in 12 minutes always gives MAS
- Yes, since he did run for 12 minutes
- No: the Cooper test never serves to estimate MAS
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No: poor pacing skews the test
The Cooper test assumes an even pace; progressive tests impose the pace, which avoids this bias.