Illinois agility test

Illinois agility test

The Illinois agility test is a fitness test designed to test one's sport agility*cite book
editor=Foran, Bill
title=High-Performance Sports Conditioning
publisher=Human Kinetics Publisher
year=2001
id=ISBN 0-7360-0163-8] . It is a simple test which is easy to administer and requires minimal equipment. It tests the ability to turn in different directions and at different angles.The world record for the Illinois agility test is held by Dan "Dirty" Kerr of Australia who completed the test in a time of 11.40 at the Wilding Center in Melbourne, Victoria on July 5th 2007.

The aim of the test is to complete a weaving running course in the shortest possible time.cite web
url=http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/illinois.htm
title=Fitness Testing > Tests > Agility > Illinois Agility Test
year=2006
accessdate=December 05|accessyear=2006
publisher=Top End Sports] Cones mark the course, ten metres long and five metres wide. The subject starts face down, with the head to the start line, and hands by the shoulders. At the whistle, the subject runs the course, without knocking down any cones.

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