Standardisation of testing
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Abstract
Standardisation of all aspects of testing athletes is essential to ensure that comparisons between individual athletes or groups of athletes are fair and to permit accurate evaluation and monitoring of longitudinal development of physical characteristics. Such standardisation should include the time of day, type and set-up of equipment, warm-up and testing procedures, cueing of athletes, and data analysis procedures. Any variation in these procedures will introduce additional error to the test, increasing the magnitude of change required to determine a meaningful change in performance, potentially resulting in incorrect interpretation of any changes in the athlete’s physical status.
Keywords
athlete testing, test standardisation, performance monitoring, data analysis, strength and conditioning, athlete development
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
1-1-2026
Publication Title
Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
ISBN
[9781032831480, 9781040764596]
Copyright
subscription content
Content Type
Metadata only
First Page
35
Last Page
45
Recommended Citation
Comfort, P., Smith, L., McMahon, J. J., & Jones, P. A. (2026). Standardisation of testing. In P. Comfort & P. A. Jones (Eds.), Performance assessment in strength and conditioning (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003508007-4