AMCHS FitnessGram Testing

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AMCHS FitnessGram Testing

• Jeff Mann MS, ATC, LAT
• Head Athletic Trainer
• Debe Shafer
• Health PE Dept. Head
• AMCHS

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Why are we here?

• 80th Texas Legislature passed S.B. 530
• Requires a school district to annually assess the
  physical fitness of students enrolled in grades 3
  through 12
• FitnessGram was adopted as the official
  assessment tool.
• Effective September 1, 2007.

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FitnessGram

• FITNESSGRAM is a battery of fitness assessments
  for youth
• Cardiovascular fitness
• Muscle strength and endurance
• Flexibility
• Body composition

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Not to be used for

• Evaluate individual students in physical
  education
• Evaluate teacher effectiveness (teacher
  evaluation)
• Evaluate overall physical education quality

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State Results

• State is only interested in if student is in
  Healthy Zone or Improvement needed Zone
• State will not use results to rank school or
  district
• Not connected to teacher or student
• Information website www.fitnessgram.net

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Fitnessgram Test Items

• Aerobic Capacity
• The Pacer
• Body Composition
• Body mass index
• Abdominal strength and endurance
• Curl Ups

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Tests continued

• Trunk extensor strength and flexibility
• Trunk lift
• Upper body strength and endurance
• 90 degree push ups
• Flexibility
• Shoulder Stretch

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Aerobic Capacity

• Pacer

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PACER

• OBJECTIVE To run as long as possible back and
  forth across a twenty meter space at a specific
  pace which gets faster each minute

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Pacer

• 20 meters
• Progressive intensity
• Recommended all ages
• Run as long as possible back and forth

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Pacer Procedures

• The students line up at the starting line.
• The PACER CD has a 5-second countdown, and then
  indicates to start
• At start, the students run to the opposite line
  of the course, pacing themselves
• The students must touch the line with their foot
  by the time the beep sounds
• The students score is the total number of laps
  completed

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Pacer continued

• When the students reach the opposite side, prior
  to the tone, they must wait for the beep before
  running the other direction
• Students continue in this manner until they fail
  to reach the line before the beep for the second
  time

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Body Mass Index

• Weight and height
• Shoes off when measuring height and weight

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Weight Measurements

• Privacy
• Use PE mats to make walls
• Only examiner and student know weight
• Students enter only when instructed

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CURL-UP

• OBJECTIVE To complete as many curl-ups as
  possible at a specific pace

Abdominal strength and endurance
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Procedures

• One student lies on the mat
• knees bent
• feet flat on the floor
• arms straight with palms resting on the mat
• The fingers are stretched out and at the edge of
  the measuring strip
• The head is in contact with the mat
• Second student watches the heels
• Third student counts
• Rotate until all 3 have done curl-ups

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Form Errors include

• Grabbing knees or legs to aid in getting up
• Using the elbows to aid in getting up
• Head not contacting the mat between each curl-up
• Fingers not sliding across the opposite edge of
  the measuring strip
• The partner sits away from the student to watch
  for form errors and to count.
• The partner cannot hold the feet.

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Starting position
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Up position
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TRUNK LIFT

• OBJECTIVE To lift the upper body off the floor
  using the muscles of the back and hold the
  position to allow for the measurement
  (flexibility)

Trunk strength flexibility
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Trunk Lift

• Tests trunk extensor strength and flexibility.
• Included because of its relationship to low back
  health, vertebral alignment.
• Movement is slow and controlled

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Procedures

• The student being tested lies on the mat in a
  facedown position
• Toes are pointed and hands are placed under the
  thighs
• Place a visual on the floor in line with the
  students eyes for a focus point (this is to keep
  the head in a chin- tucked position)

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Movement Procedure

• The student lifts the upper body off the floor,
  in a slow and controlled manner, to a maximum
  height.
• No bobbing or bouncing is allowed.
• The feet must stay in contact with the floor.
• The distance from the floor to the students chin
  is measured.
• The measurement is in inches.

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Start of Trunk Lift
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PUSH-UP

• OBJECTIVE
• To complete as many push-ups at a rhythmic pace
  (one every three seconds)
• Elbows are bent at a 90-degree angle with upper
  arm parallel to the floor

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Push-up Procedures

• The student assumes a prone position on the floor
  
• Hands placed under or slightly wider than the
  shoulders
• Fingers stretched out
• Legs straight and slightly apart
• Toes tucked under

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Push-up Procedures

• The student pushes up off the mat with the arms
  until the arms are straight
• Keeping the legs and back straight
• The back should be kept in a straight line from
  head to toes throughout the test.
• Lowers the body
• 90-degree angle and the upper arms are parallel
  to the floor

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Form Corrections

• stopping to rest or not maintaining a rhythmic
  pace
• not achieving a 90-degree angle with the elbow on
  each repetition
• not maintaining correct body position with a
  straight back
• not extending the arms fully

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Push ups90 degree angle
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Flexibility Testing

• Shoulder Stretch

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Shoulder Stretch Procedures

• Students walk to shoulder stretch station
• Students perform shoulder stretch

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Shoulder Stretch Procedure

• To test the left shoulder, reaches with the left
  hand over the left shoulder and down the back as
  if to pull up a zipper or scratch his back
• At the same time place the right hand behind the
  back and reaches up, trying to touch the fingers
  of the left hand
• Opposite for the right shoulder

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Yes or No

• If the student is able to touch his/her fingers
  with the appropriate hand over the shoulder, a
  Y is recorded for the respective side if not,
  and N is recorded
• To achieve the Healthy Fitness Zone, a Y must
  be recorded on both the right and left side

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Shoulder Stretch
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Sheet Distribution
Sheet Collection
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Flow of Traffic for Testing
Sheet Distribution
Sheet Collection
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How we plan to split up students.

• Advocate period
• We will conduct testing during the advocate
  period
• Testing will be done over a two week period
• Feb 18 to Feb 29
• We will split the advocate periods into two
  sections

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Splitting of Advocate Period

• We will divide up advocates into
• A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2
• Advocate A1, B1, C1, D1
• Will report to the new gym Feb. 18 to Feb. 22
• Advocate A2, B2, C2, D2
• Will report to the new gym Feb. 25 to Feb. 29

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Splitting of Students

• These groups will have 300 students
• We will have 30 minutes to get 300 students
  tested
• We plan to add make-up testing stations as each
  day passes
• This is to avoid a separate make-up testing date

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What you can do to help

• Be on time
• Report to the New Gym when your advocate teacher
  asks
• Be ready
• Wear clothing that is appropiate for physical
  activity
• We will give you old PE clothes to wear if
  necessary
• Be positive