SPEED TESTS AND CONTROL EXERCISES IN SPORTS PRACTICE

Sandra Skutane; Krišjānis Kuplis; Ilze Avotiņa

doi:10.17770/etr2025vol5.8478

SPEED TESTS AND CONTROL EXERCISES IN SPORTS PRACTICE

Sandra Skutane (Corresponding Author), Krišjānis Kuplis, Ilze Avotiņa

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Abstract

The theory of testing human physical fitness is one of the most fully developed in the field of sports theory. Of particular importance for the use of test results is the development of various standards. Standards are developed for a certain group of athletes and are valid only for it [1]. The most popular test or control exercise is the 30m run from the high start, a total of four speed ability assessment tests are offered – a 20m run from a high start, a 30m run from a high start, a 60m run from a high start and a 100m run from a high start. Not all sports mention normative results for women and men. Standards in professionally oriented sports, such as boxing, judo, football, hockey, karate, rugby and Nordic combined, are for men only. Such sports as boxing, judo and karate have the same control standards. In turn, in athletics, they are divided according to disciplines. The difference in results during testing is 0.5 seconds, as different systems for recording results are used – with a handheld stopwatch and an electronic result-recording machine. The highest requirements for High Performance Sport groups in the 20m race are set for men in gymnastics – 3.0seconds, and for women in weightlifting – 3.2seconds. The average score in sports where the speed test for the High-Performance Sport group is a 20-meter run from the spot is 3.5±0.19seconds for men and 3.6±0.19seconds for women.

Coaches of sports schools choose to fix the results with a hand stopwatch. Aim of the study: Evaluation of speed tests and control exercises in sports practice in Latvia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vide. Tehnoloģija. Resursi: XVI starptautiskās zinātniski praktiskāskonferences materiāli 2025.gada 19.-20.jūnijs
Subtitle of host publication	Environment. Technology. Resources: Proceedings of the 16th International Scientific and Practical Conference June 19th –20th, 2025
Place of Publication	Rēzekne
Publisher	RTU Rēzeknes akadēmija
Pages	271-276
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780000000002
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2025vol5.8478
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2025
Event	The 16th International Scientific and Practical Conference June19th –20th,2025 - Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 19 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025

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Name	Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources
Publisher	RTU Rezekne Academy
ISSN (Print)	1691-5402

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Conference	The 16th International Scientific and Practical Conference June19th –20th,2025
Country/Territory	Latvia
City	Rēzekne
Period	19/06/25 → 20/06/25

Keywords*

control exercises in sport practice
High-Performance Sport groups(HPS),
speed tests

Field of Science*

3.3 Health sciences

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3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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Skutane, S., Kuplis, K., & Avotiņa, I. (2025). SPEED TESTS AND CONTROL EXERCISES IN SPORTS PRACTICE. In Vide. Tehnoloģija. Resursi: XVI starptautiskās zinātniski praktiskāskonferences materiāli 2025.gada 19.-20.jūnijs: Environment. Technology. Resources: Proceedings of the 16th International Scientific and Practical Conference June 19th –20th, 2025 (Vol. 1, pp. 271-276). (Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources). RTU Rēzeknes akadēmija. https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2025vol5.8478

Skutane, Sandra ; Kuplis, Krišjānis ; Avotiņa, Ilze. / SPEED TESTS AND CONTROL EXERCISES IN SPORTS PRACTICE. Vide. Tehnoloģija. Resursi: XVI starptautiskās zinātniski praktiskāskonferences materiāli 2025.gada 19.-20.jūnijs: Environment. Technology. Resources: Proceedings of the 16th International Scientific and Practical Conference June 19th –20th, 2025. Vol. 1 Rēzekne : RTU Rēzeknes akadēmija, 2025. pp. 271-276 (Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources).

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SPEED TESTS AND CONTROL EXERCISES IN SPORTS PRACTICE. / Skutane, Sandra (Corresponding Author); Kuplis, Krišjānis; Avotiņa, Ilze.
Vide. Tehnoloģija. Resursi: XVI starptautiskās zinātniski praktiskāskonferences materiāli 2025.gada 19.-20.jūnijs: Environment. Technology. Resources: Proceedings of the 16th International Scientific and Practical Conference June 19th –20th, 2025. Vol. 1 Rēzekne: RTU Rēzeknes akadēmija, 2025. p. 271-276 (Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources).

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