Test methods for motor abilities within football players (test descriptions)

Abstract

Testing is a method that gives an objective picture of the motor abilities of athletes. It is commonly used for individually tracking the athletes, but also for comparison of the capacities between them. There are general motor tests but also specific motor tests for every sport. The first part of this text outlines some recommendations for testing general motor abilities of football playesr. The second part of the text describes 11 motor tests as well as an efficient method for conducting of those tests. Those tests were selected by the authors as represented tests for the basic motoric abilities, within young football players.