Welcome to

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Welcome to

• Assessments to Fitnessgram

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Cypress Fairbanks ISDPower Point by

• Nora Black
• Cheryl McLaughlin

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Mission

• To promote lifelong physical activity among youth
• FITNESSGRAM is a battery of fitness assessments
  for youth
• Cardiovascular fitness
• Muscle strength and endurance
• Flexibility
• Body composition

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Appropriate uses of Fitnessgram

• Personal testing to help students evaluate their
  level of health related fitness
• Institutional testing to allow teachers to view
  group data (curriculum development)
• Personal best testing to allow individual
  students to privately determine performance
  levels
• Helping students track fitness

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Common Approach

• To define the percentage of the student body that
  should achieve the HEALTHY FITNESS ZONE OR ABOVE
• Schools and districts are encouraged to carefully
  consider the relative merits of different
  evaluations

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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
• Everyone will get product
• Grant, if qualify
• State

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Fitnessgram Test Items

• Aerobic Capacity
• The Pacer---recommended
• One-mile run
• The walk test
• Body Composition
• Skinfold measurements
• 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
• Modified pull ups
• Flexed arm hang
• Flexibility
• Back-saver sit and reach
• Shoulder Stretch

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2007-2008

• 6.3-8.3 fitnessgram software
• Software training in the Spring
• Fall of 2008 plan for 9.0 software
• Will be used on excel spread sheet for recording
• Will be website
• Plan to upgrade automatically

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Online Course

• Brand new online courseon www.fitnessgram.net
• Takes around 4-5 hours
• Talked about certificate at end for PDA credit

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Recording Ideas

• You can do a spread sheet, with all students
  names and assessments listed
• Spread sheet
• Stock cards
• Print out score sheet from fitnessgram

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Score sheet Fitnessgram
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File-Print and prints out sheet
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Spread Sheet Recording
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Personal Card
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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

• Equipment
• course marked with two lines 20 meters apart,
  PACER CD
• 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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Notes on Pacer

• Use the scoreboard to count laps
• If the students get impatient and begin running
  to the opposite line before the tone, have them
  run to a designated spot past the line before
  they can turn around
• The PACER test is divided into laps that make up
  levels
• At the end of each level is a triple beep tone
  that
• indicates the end of the level
• The time allowed for each lap decreases as number
  of the level increases

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Aerobic CapacityThe Pacer Recommended

• 20 meters
• Progressive intensity
• Recommended all ages
• Run as long as possible back and forth
• Wait for the beep
• Use CD
• First time doesnt reach the line-stop and turn
  continue
• Second time-STOP the test is over

Suggestions Scoreboard Score Sheet-partners New
CD has each lap-Record sheet
Record by laps
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ONE-MILE RUN

• OBJECTIVE To run a mile at the fastest pace
  possible

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Mile Run

• Need a flat course
• Stopwatch
• Pencil
• Score Sheet
• Ready, Start
• Call out time on laps
• Can mark laps on their hand with dry erase
  markers as they go by teacher (suggestion to keep
  up with laps)
• Can be used instead of the PACER
• If not in PE class, cannot use the mile (high
  school)

Record in Minutes seconds
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One-Mile Run

• Equipment
• a flat running course, stopwatch
• if using a 400-meter trackrun four laps 10
  yards
• 1609.34 meters 1 mile
• Procedures
• Students begin on a signal
• As the students cross the finish line, the time
  should be called to the participants
• This event is scored in minutes and seconds
• Notes
• Use partners to help count laps
• Use washable/dry erase markers to mark laps on
  hand (student high fives as they come around
  and get a mark for each lap)

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Walk Test

• Alternative to PACER and Mile
• Intended for students ages 13 and older
• WALK 1 mile as quickly as possible while
  maintaining a constant walking pace the entire
  distance
• Same equipment as Mile

Record in Minutes seconds
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One-Mile Walk

• Equipment
• a flat running course, stopwatch
• if using a 400-meter trackrun four laps 10
  yards
• 1609.34 meters 1 mile
• Procedures
• Students begin on a signal
• As the students cross the finish line, the
• time should be called to the
  participants
• This event is scored in minutes and seconds

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Notes

• Use partners to help count laps
• Use watercolor markers to mark laps on hand
  (student high fives as they come around and get
  a mark for each lap)

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Body Composition

• Skinfold measurements
• Body mass index

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Tape for Height
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Height against the wall
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Body CompositionSKINFOLD Body Fat

• Skinfold Measurements
• Measure triceps and calf for calculating body
  fat
• Caliper (5.00-200)
• Tricep-thumb on elbow spread hand and other hand
  at shoulder and spread hand. Area meet is where
  you measure. Page 37 in manual

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Metal to Plastic Calipers
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Body CompositionPortable Bioelectric Impedance
Analyzer

• One type is like a bathroom scale while barefoot
• Another uses handgrip system that has
  participants squeeze handles while extending arms
• The procedure is less invasive than skinfold
  testing and may be better accepted in some
  districts that have specific policies against the
  use of skinfold calipers

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Scale for Weight and Body Fat
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Kiosk
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Body CompositionBody Mass Index

• Weight and height
• Shoes off when measuring height and weight
• In the software, you enter the height and weight
  and the program figures BMI. Mark the BMI test
  on program

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Signs to show proper technique

• One can use pictures in the manual
• Enlarge
• Cut out
• Glue to poster board
• Laminate (protects)

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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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Crunches Sign
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Strips for crunches
Blue is for ages 10-17
Red is for ages 5-9
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Tape marking for CrunchesTape is 4 ½ from edge
or apart
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Curl Ups

• Equipment
• gym mat and measuring strip (4 ½ inches wide for
  ages 10, 3 inches wide for ages 5-9)
• 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

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Crunches

• Make sure students have extended their feet as
  far as possible from the buttocks while still
  allowing feet to
  remain flat on the floor. Heels must
  stay in contact with the floor throughout the
  test
• The student must stay with the cadence on the CD
  and continue as long as possible without any form
  errors
• The student is stopped on the second form error
  correction
• The students fingers must slide across the edge
  of the opposite end of the measuring strip
• The students head must come in contact with the
  mat between each curl-up. A piece of paper may
  be put under the head so it is visible when the
  students head comes back and touches the mat

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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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Notes

• Gym scoreboard may be used for assistance in
  counting.
• The CD will go to 80 curl-ups. The fitnessgram
  software only allows for 75 to be inputted.
• Tape may be used on the mats to make the line to
  accommodate more students at the same time.
• Students fingers must slide across the edge of
  the mat.
• A line may be drawn on the mats to make the line
• The measuring strips may be made out of poster
  board

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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)

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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
• 12 is the most that the fitnessgram software
  will let one enter

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Trunk Lift

• Equipment ruler (at least 15 long)
• 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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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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Notes

• The fitnessgram software only allows for a
  maximum of 12 inches to be inputted
• Foam-board rulers may be made that are at least
  15 long (for safety so student doesnt come down
  on ruler)

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Trunk Lift Sign
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Trunk Lift Material
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Tools for cutting foam board rulers
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Start of Trunk Lift
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Finish Position
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Push Up Sign
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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 Ups

• Equipment
• CD with pushup cadence
• Procedures
• The student assumes a prone position on the floor
  with hands placed under or slightly wider than
  the shoulders, fingers stretched out, legs
  straight and slightly apart, and toes tucked
  under
• 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.)
• The student then lowers the body using the arms
  until the elbows bend at a 90-degree angle and
  the upper arms are parallel to the floor

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Push ups continued

• This movement is repeated as many times as
  possible
• The student should push up and continue the
  movement until the arms are straight on each
  repetition
• Students are stopped when a second form
  correction (mistake) is made
• Only one form correction is allowed
• 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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Notes

• Have the students go to the UP, READY position
  when the word NOW is said on the CD (We will
  begin the pushups NOW.)
• A variety of tools may be used to aide in
  determining the 90-degree angle
• 6 cones
• stability balls
• ruler
• step-aerobics step
• a partner can put his/her hand at the elbow of
  the person performing the pushups and the bicep
  must come down to touch the partners hand

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Push ups90 degree angle
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Flexed Arm Hang

• OBJECTIVE To keep chin above bar for as long as
  possible

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Bar Hang Sign
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Bar for Bar Hang
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Flexed Arm Bar HangAlternative to Push-Ups

• Test upper body strength and endurance
• Hang with the chin above the bar as long as
  possible
• Overhand grip (palms facing away)
• Stopwatch is started as the student takes this
  position
• Stopped when the students chin touches bar,
  tilts head back, or chin falls below bar

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Stop the watch

• The watch is stopped when one of the following
  occurs
• the students chin touches the bar
• the student tilts his or her head back to keep
  the chin above the bar
• the students chin falls below the bar
• The body must not swing during the test. If the
  student begins to swing, the teacher or assistant
  should hold an extended arm across the front of
  the thighs to prevent the swinging motion
• Only one trial is permitted.

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Bar Hang
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Sit and Reach Sign
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BACK-SAVER SIT REACH

• OBJECTIVE To reach specified distance on the
  right and left sides of the body

Recommended
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Back-Saver Sit and Reach

• Equipment
• sit and reach box with measuring scale in
• INCHES
• Notes
• The fitnessgram software only allows for a
  maximum score of 12 inches to be inputted
• The students measurement is taken to the nearest
  ½ inch reached

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Procedure

• The student removes his/her shoes and sits down
  at the test apparatus
• One leg is fully extended with the foot flat
  against the face of the box
• The other knee is bent with the sole of the foot
  flat on the floor
• The instep is placed in line with, and 2 to 3
  inches to the side of, the straight knee
• The arms are extended forward over the measuring
  scale with the hands placed one on top of the
  other

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Procedure continued

• With palms down, the student reaches directly
  forward (keeping back straight and the head up)
  with both hands along the scale four times and
  holds the position of the fourth reach for at
  least 1 second
• After one side has been measured, the student
  switches the position of the legs and reaches
  again
• The student may allow the bent knee to move to
  the side as the body moves forward if necessary,
  but the sole of the foot must remain on the floor

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Straight leg knee remain straight

• The knee of the extended leg should remain
  straight. Tester may place one hand above the
  students knee to help keep the knee straight.
  Knee cannot be held down by another person.
• Hands should reach forward evenly (lay one hand
  directly over the other).
• No bouncing or bobbing is allowed.

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Plastic to Metal Sit and Reach Boxes
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Remember on Sit Reach

• To reach on the right side and left side of body
• Equipment
• Remove shoes and sit down at apparatus
• One leg is fully extended-straight and someone
  may NOT hold it down
• Sole of foot flat on floor and instep is placed
  in line with, and 2-3 inches to the side of the
  straight knee
• Palms down (one hand on top of other) reach

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Hand position
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Sit and ReachRight leg and Left leg
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Shoulder Stretch
Alternative to Sit and reach
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Shoulder Stretch Procedures

• Allow students to select a partner, who will
  judge the ability to complete the stretch
• To test the right shoulder, partner A reaches
  with the right hand over the right shoulder and
  down the back as if to pull up a zipper or
  scratch his back
• At the same time partner A places the left hand
  behind the back and reaches up, trying to touch
  the fingers of the right hand
• Partner B observes whether the fingers touch

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Left Shoulder

• To test the left shoulder, partner A 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 partner A places the right hand
  behind the back and reaches up, trying to touch
  the fingers of the left hand
• Partner B observes whether the fingers touch

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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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Print out individual results
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