Testing of players prior to participating in rugby has become a very necessary and important part of injury prevention initiatives around the world and in all sports.
In rugby union, this is especially important in ensuring that players are adequately prepared physically for the game, and suitably conditioned, developed and matched for their position and age-group specific level.
BokSmart has provided coaches with a basic rugby fitness testing battery to assess players’ physical readiness for participating in rugby. The test battery is simple and easy to use, requiring minimal equipment. It also provides normative data to allow coaches to compare players against age-group norms, ranging from U12 age group level to senior level, and for all positions.
This aims to prevent coaches from putting ‘at risk’ players onto the field in positions, where they are not suitably developed or conditioned for their positions and age appropriate levels of play.
Fitness Testing Protocols And The Physical Profiling Of PlayersFitness Testing Normative Data Average SD SENIORFitness Testing Normative Data Average SD NOTESFitness Testing Normative Data Average SD U12Fitness Testing Normative Data Average SD U15Fitness Testing Normative Data Average SD U16Fitness Testing Normative Data Average SD U18Fitness Testing Normative Data Average SD U19Fitness Testing Normative Data Average SD U21Individual Fitness Testing Score Sheet Appendix DFitness Testing Team Score Sheet Appendix ESA Rugby Normative Data For Under Aged Women's RugbyUpdated Elite Normative Data For Adult Under Aged Rugby Testing