Failing a fitness test!

adamski8

Often I hear of players failing a late fitness test and not included in the starting line up for a match.
What does this fitness test entail exactly?
Is it a case of a player or manager just thinking the player isnt fit enough for the match or is there some sort of actual set test that players from whichever club undertake?

Everytime I hear it mentioned I kind of imagine it like a fighter trying to lose weigth before a weigh-in! So whats the deal a player isnt "fit" the day before for a match and then undergoes a "late" fitness test and passes or fails?

CHD

Its a written exam :pac:

They just work the muscle that is playing up and see if they could play with the niggling injury.

adamski8

but i thought it wasnt based on injury but rather that after they are injured, are the fit enough to play 90mins?!!

dreamers75

Its a vigourous warm up bascially. Player cant complete it or looks ****ed and he fails.

adamski8

so its not really a "fail" as in an actual test, just the coaches have decided he doesn't look sharp enough to take part?

Soby

Dunno if its done in as in school where a fitness test was a beep test?

28064212

OP, have you ever played 11-a-side, 90-minute football? Been in a team for a season? Been carrying an injury before a game?

It's extremely difficult for someone to judge an almost-healed injury by anyone other than the player carrying it. It's nothing to do with "sharpness", the player will be put through his paces, focusing on the injured area, and asked how it feels