MOTOR FITNESS SCREEN TEST

What Is Measured? The test includes 14 items
chosen as a result of research studies to represent balance,
flexibility, agility, strength, power, and endurance. All of
these phases of Motor Fitness are important and their
aggregate represents a composite sample of all-around
ability in the areas covered.

TENTATIVE STANDARDS *

 

 

 

A. B. C.
Name of Item Standards for the | Standards for the | Standards for the
Passably “‘Fit’’ Man| Average ‘‘Fit’”’ Man |Superior ‘Fit’? Man
1. Foot and Toe 10sec. each, 10 sec. each, 20 sec. each,
Balance eyes open eyes closed eyes closed
2. Squat Stand 10 sec., 10 sec., 20 sec.,
eyes open eyes closed eyes closed
3. Trunk Extension 20 inches 24 inches 28 inches
Flexibility
4, Trunk Flexion, 8 inches 5 inches 2 inches
Sitting
5. Extension Abdomen 5 times 10 times
Press-Up 4 in. up, once
6. Man-Lift and Subject’s Subject Subject
Let-Down own weight plus 20 lb. plus 40 Ib.
7. Leg Lifts and 20 times each 40 times each 60 times each
Sit-Ups
8. 6-lb. Medicine 35 feet 421% feet 50 feet
Ball Put
9. Running Dive 6 feet 9 feet 12 feet
- and Rol
10. Skin the Cat Once 5 times 10 times
(Over and back)
11. Bar or Fence 4 ft.-6 in. 5 feet 5 ft.-6 in.
Vault
12. Chinning 10 times 14 times 18 times
(Pull-Ups)
13. Standing 7 feet 7 ft.-9 in. 8 ft.-6 in.
Broad Jump
14. Mile Run 7 minutes 6 minutes 5 minutes

 

 

 

 

*Based on experimentation with 2000 to 6000 cases at the University of Illinois,
1941 and 1942.

“Passing” the Motor Fitness Test means passing eleven
items according to the passably fit standards (Column A)
including two of the endurance standards, i.e., Nos. 7, 12,
or 14.
The more desirable minimum standard for the “Fit”
man on the initial test is passing all of the minimum
standards for each of the fourteen items.
After conditioning and instruction, the standards for
the average “Fit” man (Column B) should apply. Several
years of effort should result in a man being able to achieve
the standards for superior “Fit” man (Column C).

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