However, the thinking behind the change was to create a more repeatable test that wouldn’t exhaust players and prevent them from partaking in a normal training session in addition to the testing.
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Tenney calls it the intermittent recovery test and noted that the team may undergo a more aerobic time trial test while the team works in Arizona beginning on Wednesday. This year, the beep test was done with a slight modification, leaving a small rest at the goal line of each repetition. “There were some guys that need to add to their fitness, but in the two days so far that we’ve trained, those guys have worked hard and pushed themselves and that’ll lead to them getting fit.” “I was happy in that the expectations were pretty much met,” Schmid said. This is the beep test and every year Sounders FC Manager of Performance and Sports Science Dave Tenney administers the test to measure the fitness levels of the team and Head Coach Sigi Schmid was happy with the results this year. Slowly players peel off until only one remains and the intervals become too small for them to complete the cycle.
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#BEEP TEST FOR SOCCER PORTABLE#
At the sound of a recorded beep from a portable CD player, they run 22 yards to another cone, turn and run back to the goal line.
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Like a high school gym class, Sounders FC players line up across the goal line at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton. The club is back for preseason training and as with every year, the beep test was part of the process.