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Health- and Skill-Related Fitness Octathlon |
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| Agility is a skill-related fitness component that is defined as the capacity for quick and efficient changes in direction and form of body movement. |
| Activity Description |
| Objective: Complete the test as quickly as possible while conforming to test rules. |
| Agility Test Procedures: |
Plastic cones placed to form a triangle (10 meters a side, at an angle of ~60
degrees), and a finish line on a smooth grassy surface will be used for this
test (see diagram). Participants are required to start facing forward between
cones "A" and "B;" run through (past gate) cones "C" and "D" go around cone "C"
to the left (side stepping with back to cone) and run backwards (back facing
cones "A" & "B"); side stepping to the right around cone "B" (face forward toward
cones "E" & "F"), and sprint forward through the finish line between cones
"E" & "F." The best of two trials (or as many trials as allowed within the
station's time limit), preceded by a warm-up orientation trial will be recorded
as the individual's final performance.
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| Agility Test Rules: |
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| Agility Test Scoring: |
| Time is measured (to the nearest tenth of a second) from the "GO" command until the runner crosses the finish line between cones "E" & "F." All penalty times will be added to the best performance; no exceptions, no kidding. |
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A team may repeat this event as many times as possible within the
allocated 10-12 minute station activity time frame. It is legal to use
substitutes during a second, third...etc. trial. The best complete
performance by any one coherent group of 4 men and 4 women per team will
be added to that team's overall Fitness Octathlon performance score.
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