Obviously tests are done to see “who did work” while away in summer and for the coach to have some comparative value to see “who is in shape.”
The issue, as most would agree, tests have little correlation to “game specific fitness.”
Football culture and coaches traditions enable these type of tests.
My question to everyone is how does a strength and conditioning coach establish a measure of evaluating “fitness” in an athlete? Is it even worth “testing”? I have my feelings on this I will share later.
In my college players, I have seen everything from 30x110 in 15 sec/45 sec (WR), 24x55yd 8/35sec (DL), to gassers, half gassers and 300 yd shuttles.