Record, Monitor and Support The Physical Wellbeing of Every Student
Make health and fitness a priority at your school. Athena FitnessMark empowers students to take control of their fitness while providing PE teachers with next-level insight and fitness tracking.
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Track Each Student's Physical Performance Over Time
Store and monitor each student’s health and performance-related fitness throughout their entire time at school:
- Design your own fitness test battery by choosing from a suite of over 20 fitness tests, and track progress over time.
- Store information in a fully compliant, cloud-based platform.
- Build a detailed fitness profile for each student.
- Monitor a colour-coded dashboard which ranks a student’s performance vs their class, year and national database.
Empower Students to Take Ownership of Their Fitness
Use FitnessMark to educate your students on the different areas of fitness, providing them with the tools they need to live a healthy life.
Sharing individualised fitness profiles and reports with students, highlighting their strengths and areas they may need to improve gives students a clear focus and motivation.
Athena FitnessMark Tests
20m Shuttle Run
This 20m shuttle run measures student’s cardio respiratory endurance.
Cardiorespiratory endurance, also known as aerobic endurance, is the body’s ability to sustain a moderate-to-high intensity exercise for a long duration.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Jogging.
- Hiking.
- Swimming.
- Cycling.
- Sports that last for a sustained period of time such as soccer and tennis.
Cooper 12-Minute Run
The Cooper 12-Minute Run measures a student’s cardio respiratory endurance.
Cardiorespiratory endurance, also known as aerobic endurance, is the body’s ability to sustain a moderate-to-high intensity exercise for a long duration.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Jogging.
- Hiking.
- Swimming.
- Cycling.
- Sports that last for a sustained period of time such as soccer and tennis.
Standing Long Jump
From a stationary starting position, students jump as far as they can to get a measure of the muscular strength of their lower body.
Muscular Strength can be described as the maximal force that a muscle or group of muscles can exert in one effort.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Lifting a school bag.
- Kicking a ball.
- Lifting in a rugby lineout.
- Executing resistance training exercises.
- A Gaelic football shoulder.
Handgrip Strength
The Handgrip Strength Test is one of three tests used to measure a student’s muscular strength.
Muscular Strength can be described as the maximal force that a muscle or group of muscles can exert in one effort.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Lifting a school bag.
- Kicking a ball.
- Lifting in a rugby lineout.
- Executing resistance training exercises.
- A Gaelic football shoulder.
3-Rep Max Bench Press
3-Rep Max Bench Press Test is one of three tests used to measure a student’s muscular strength.
Muscular Strength can be described as the maximal force that a muscle or group of muscles can exert in one effort.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Lifting a school bag.
- Kicking a ball.
- Lifting in a rugby lineout.
- Executing resistance training exercises.
- A Gaelic football shoulder.
Sit-ups Test
This test measures the number of sit-ups a student can complete in 30 seconds in order to assess the muscular endurance of the student’s abdominal and hip flexor muscles.
Muscular Endurance is the capacity of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly or remain contracted for a sustained period of time.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Walking.
- Running.
- Climbing a staircase.
- Swimming.
- Performing repetitions with weights.
Plank Hold
The Plank Hold is one of three tests that are used to measure a student’s muscular endurance.
Muscular Endurance is the capacity of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly or remain contracted for a sustained period of time.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Walking.
- Running.
- Climbing a staircase.
- Swimming.
- Performing repetitions with weights.
Max Push-ups Test
The Max Push-ups Test is one of three tests that are used to measure a student’s muscular endurance.
Muscular Endurance is the capacity of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly or remain contracted for a sustained period of time.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Walking.
- Running.
- Climbing a staircase.
- Swimming.
- Performing repetitions with weights.
Back Saver Sit and Reach
This test measures the flexibility of the student’s lower back and hamstrings.
Flexibility can be described as the range of motion about a joint. It can also be viewed as a joint’s capacity to move freely in a wide range of motion.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Tying shoe laces.
- Picking something up off the floor.
- Changing a light bulb.
- Reaching up to catch a ball.
- Swinging leg to kick a ball.
Sit and Reach
This test measures the flexibility of the student’s lower back and hamstrings.
Flexibility can be described as the range of motion about a joint. It can also be viewed as a joint’s capacity to move freely in a wide range of motion.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Tying shoe laces.
- Picking something up off the floor.
- Changing a light bulb.
- Reaching up to catch a ball.
- Swinging leg to kick a ball.
Body Mass Index
This measure uses a student’s height as well as mass to assess their body composition. BMI is often used as a screening tool for health.
Body composition is the proportion of fat to fat-free mass that a person has on their body. Certain levels of fat are required to carry out bodily functions but excess fat can lead to health issues.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Better ability to walk, run and jog as there is less mass on the body.
- Capacity to move quicker in all sports.
- Fitter.
- Jump higher.
- Quicker.
Agility T-Test
Agility is a person’s ability to change the position of their body quickly in response to an external stimulus.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Returning a tennis serve.
- Side stepping an opponent in rugby.
- Defending an opponent in Gaelic football.
- Winning a breaking ball in hurling/camogie.
Illinois Agility Test
Agility is a person’s ability to change the position of their body quickly in response to an external stimulus.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Returning a tennis serve.
- Side stepping an opponent in rugby.
- Defending an opponent in Gaelic football.
- Winning a breaking ball in hurling/camogie.
4x10m Shuttle Run
Agility is a person’s ability to change the position of their body quickly in response to an external stimulus.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Returning a tennis serve.
- Side stepping an opponent in rugby.
- Defending an opponent in Gaelic football.
- Winning a breaking ball in hurling/camogie.
Stork Balance Test
This test measures a student’s capacity to maintain balance while on their tiptoes on one leg.
Balance is a person’s ability to maintain their equilibrium while moving or stationary
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Climbing a ladder.
- Cycling.
- Sprinting.
- Sidestepping in invasion sports.
- Dancing.
- Holding gymnastics poses.
- Resistance training.
Ball Wall Toss
This test measures the student’s hand-eye coordination.
Coordination is a person’s capacity to use their senses, together with body parts to perform tasks and movements.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Driving.
- Walking.
- Tackling in many sports.
- Striking a sliotar.
- Saving a penalty.
- Hitting a golf ball.
20m Sprint
This test measures a student’s capacity to run 20m as fast as possible.
Speed is a person’s capacity to cover a set distance as fast as possible.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Scoring a try in rugby.
- Running a 100m sprint.
- Chasing back an attacker in soccer.
- Getting to a drop shot in tennis.
- Winning a 50m freestyle swim.
Plate Tapping Test
This test measures a student’s capacity to use upper body reaction time as well as hand-eye quickness to complete a task in as quick a time as possible.
Reaction time is a person’s capacity to respond to something as quickly as possible.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Getting out of the way of a moving car.
- Catching a falling cup.
- Winning a breaking ball in football.
- Responding accurately to an opponent’s movements.
- Successfully gathering a grubber kick in rugby.
Ruler Drop Test
This test measures a student’s capacity to use upper body reaction time as well as hand-eye quickness to complete a task in as quick a time as possible.
Reaction time is a person’s capacity to respond to something as quickly as possible.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Getting out of the way of a moving car.
- Catching a falling cup.
- Winning a breaking ball in football.
- Responding accurately to an opponent’s movements.
- Successfully gathering a grubber kick in rugby.
Vertical Jump
This test requires a student to jump as high as they can.
Power is a person’s capacity to perform a maximal effort in as short a time as possible.
Examples of how you use this area of fitness in daily life or sport:
- Getting up a staircase.
- Jumping over a puddle.
- Breaking a tackle in rugby.
- Getting out of a starting block in sprinting.
- Performing jumps and flips in gymnastics.
- Jumping to win a header in soccer.
- Completing a successful smash in badminton, tennis or volleyball.
Use Student Fitness Reports When Updating Parents
You can turn student fitness profiles into individual reports which can be shared at parent-teacher meetings.
Clear, unbiased reports provide the perfect jumping-off point for discussing a student’s fitness level and provides structure to what can be challenging conversations for PE teachers.
Be More Informed When Building Your PE Schedule
Athena FitnessMark gives you a better understanding of the fitness profile of your class group and the areas they may need to improve upon, allowing you to plan your classes more effectively.
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