Pelc emphasized how the difficulty of the test varies depending on when it is run. Also doing it at the end of the spring semester gives the player some indication of how much work they need to do over the summer to improve her fitness.” “For example, if a player doesn’t greatly improve her results after completing the spring conditioning program then we will reevaluate the conditioning program as well as other factors (diet, recovery, et cetera) that determine fitness. “We also may do the test at the end of the spring semester after we have been conditioning to evaluate how well the conditioning program was,” Leipold explained. Then it is run yet again during the spring semester. It is first performed during pre-season to indicate the work put in by the athletes over the summer. The team runs the beep test at different times throughout the year. “But when I go into the test, I try to think of it as not a big deal, and that no matter what I’m going to have to run it.” “I think a big part of the test is mental, but you obviously have to at least be able to run for the most part,” Bonzerato said. Whereas inside, the air quality is not as good, but the gym floor is a much better and faster surface,” explained senior soccer player Jordan Pelc.Ĭarly Bonzerato, a sophomore on the soccer team, shared her opinion of the test as well. We benefit outside because of fresh air, yet the turf may slow you down. “When the beep test is run outside or inside there are pros and cons. The beep test can be run either inside or outside, which offers both advantages and disadvantages. The beep test gives a very good indication of how fit a player is, as the test increases the speed of the sprint and decreases the amount of recovery time, the player must keep up as much as possible until she gives up, or can’t keep up with the pace. Other teams may be familiar with a different type of beep test, which requires constant sprinting, but the Yo-Yo beep test is more accurate for testing the fitness required of a soccer player. It starts off slow and progresses faster at each level,” said head coach Tracey Leipold.īasically, you sprint back and forth with a tiny break in between. The set up is a 40-yard sprint, 20 yards there and 20 yards back, with a 10-yard recovery, five yards there and five yards back. “We use the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test - we call it the beep test. If you’re an athlete that has ever attempted to run the “beep test,” you understand the physical stress that the women’s soccer team here at Le Moyne endures approximately three times a year.
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