Fitness testing is embedded into physical education curriculums here and overseas to assess children’s cardiorespiratory fitness, and, in an Australian-first ...
Fitness tests could be doing children more harm than good, researchers say
Whether you call them ‘beep tests’ or 'shuttle runs’, all of us have at one time or another had to participate in these antiquated compulsory measures of fitness – and hated them.
UniSA researchers are investigating children’s experiences of fitness testing to understand how obligatory PE tests could affect their future exercise habits.