Evaluating the Importance of Strength, Power, and Performance Tests in an NCAA Division I Football Program

Strength and conditioning professionals spend a great deal of time and effort trying to improve athletic performance. Even as coaches evaluate each athlete by using the results of a vast battery of tests, there has been considerable speculation and discussion about the physical attributes of Division I football players and their playing status. The purpose of this study was to determine what influence strength, power, and performance tests scores have on an individual's playing status. The Skill group results indicate that power is the most important factor differentiating between starters and non-starters. Simultaneously, the Combo group results indicate that speed is the most important factor differentiating between starters and non-starters. Also, the L.O.S. group results indicate that bodyweight is the most important factor differentiating between starters and non-starters.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Department dc:contributor.department

Teaching and Learning

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Jack Buckland Jr.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Baffi, Charles R.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Eschenmann, Konrad Kurt
• Gentry, Roy M.
• Redican, Kerry J.
• Stratton, Richard K.

• Speed
• Power
• Strength

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-12052001-125914

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/29933