The document describes two fitness tests: 1. The phosphate recovery test which tests a player's ability to replenish energy between repetitions of sprinting back and forth between cones over a short course. Players are scored based on how far they reach on each sprint. 2. The suicide run test which involves players doing four repeated runs the length of a basketball court with a two minute recovery between each run. Players are scored based on their total time and decrement from their fastest run time.

1. Phosphate recovery test
Aim
To challenge the ability of the body to replenish high-energy phosphates in between each
repetition of the test. This style of effort is required in sports such as Australian rules
football, rugby, netball, hockey, basketball, squash and tennis.
Equipment
You will need two sets of 10 cones (numbered 1 to 10), stopwatches, whistles and score
cards (see Figure 9.8). Set up the short course as shown in Figure 9.9. (For the long course,
25 metres becomes 40 metres.) The numbers on the cones must face toward the scorer.
Procedure
1. Choose a partner to work with (one person performs the test, the other records the
results) and a timekeeper. Each participant should be thoroughly familiar with the
procedure.
2. The performers line up at the left. After giving a 5-second warning, the timekeeper
blows a whistle and starts two stopwatches. The performers sprint to the right, at
maximum effort. Each performer’s score is the number of the cone (in the top right-
hand section of the course) reached at the 7-second mark.
3. The performers jog to the start/finish line at the right and line up ready to sprint to the
left, when the second stopwatch reaches 30 seconds. For this sprint, the cones in the
bottom left-hand part of the course are used for scoring.
4. The process is repeated until the performers have sprinted eight times.

2. Suicide Run Test
This test involves the subject performing four repeated “suicide runs” on a basketball court.
Each “suicide run” involves the subject starting at the end line of the basketball court
and on the go command sprinting as fast as possible to the nearest free throw line and
back, then to the half court line and back, then to the free throw line at the other end
of the court and back, and finally to the far court end line and back.
The time taken to complete each “suicide run” is recorded (Note: this usually takes
most subjects somewhere between 25 and 45 seconds to complete).
After the completion of each “suicide run” the subject is given a two minute recovery
period before they then undertake the next “suicide run”. During this recovery period
the subject should walk slowly around, not sit or lie down.
It is best to conduct the test with students working in pairs. Each pair requires a
stopwatch.
One member of the pair undertakes the test, whilst the other times using the
stopwatch.
It is most important that the timer accurately records the time taken to complete each
of the four “suicide runs” and ensures that the performer is given a full two minute
recovery period before being given the command to commence the next subsequent
“suicide”.
After each partner has completed the test, students should calculate their decrement
score. This is calculated by:
o Firstly, adding up the times taken for each of the four trials to give the total time.
o Secondly, calculating the optimal time — this is the lowest time recorded for any
one of the four trials multiplied by 4.
o Finally, subtracting the optimal time from the total time to give a decrement
time:
Total time - Optimal time = Decrement time.
For example if the times taken for the four trials were as follows — 32 seconds; 34
seconds; 34 seconds; and 36 seconds, then
o Total time would be 32 + 34 + 34 + 36 = 136
o The optimal time would be 32 x 4 = 128
o The decrement time would be 136— 128 = 8 seconds
o The lower the decrement time the better the performance on this test.
Suicide Run Test Results
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Time 4 Total Time Optimal Time Decrement Score

3. Beep Test
Procedure
The subject runs between two parallel lines, which are 20 metres apart. At each signal
(fromthe CD or cassette), the subject must have reached one of the 20-metre lines. Upon
hearing thesignal, they reverse direction by pivoting on the line and running to the other
line in time for thenext signal. If the subject cannot reach within two strides of the line twice
in a row, they withdrawfrom the test. They must remember the last level and shuttle
number announced; this equates totheir score.