periods of strenuous physical activity such as is common in school
athletic programs results in improvements in condition or endur-
ance, production, and application. Stated in a negative manner:
Strenuous exercise given under proper supervision does not harm
the healthy participant.

Incidently, the data obtained in these experiments crystallized
specific objectives in other aspects of basketball coaching by sup-
plying information concerning good and bad days; spurters and
pacers; progress and regress; true and false fatigue; functional
fitness; physical and emotional trauma. ‘These topics will be treated
more fully in Part III dealing with interpretations of test results.

Details of Test Administration

The only equipment needed consisted of pencil and paper for
each subject and a stop watch, or watch with a second hand, for
the supervisor. A brief explanation of how spot running is done
followed by a demonstration by the director preceded the first test.
The subject then performs a preliminary trial to facilitate the
coordination of action and the count.

To obtain a uniform start of all participants the supervisor
may call, “Five seconds to go”, “Four”, “Three”, ““I'wo’, “One”,
“GO”. The subjects will soon adopt action indicative of each indi-
vidual and the curves will be authentic. The work period is ten
seconds long, and_is terminated by the director’s command to
“Stop.”

Each subject silently counts the number of times his right foot
contacts the floor during the ten second period. This is followed
by ten seconds of comparative rest during which interval the sub-
ject records his score on his paper, and assumes position for the
second work period which is started and conducted as was the first.

After several preliminary innings of work and rest the director
explains that ‘“‘speed” is the index desired, and reiterates that
“speed” and “more speed” is wanted. Then, a sample test is run
for ten innings with speed continuously emphasized by the instruc-
tor and repetitions being called for when the scores indicated less
than maximum effort was being expended.

Papers are collected after this preliminary test and individual
fatigue curves are plotted. The difference between the fastest and
the slowest periods are noted as well as erratic and indifferent per-

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