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    Beep Test - College Preseason Fitness Womens Soccer

    D3 college coach tells daughter that his players must achieve a level 17 on the beep test to play for him. Research I've done says that the average for D1 is 13.

    Anyone have any insight?

    #2
    Not really relatable. Fitness and how a coach wants to play doesn't matter on the Division level.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      D3 college coach tells daughter that his players must achieve a level 17 on the beep test to play for him. Research I've done says that the average for D1 is 13.

      Anyone have any insight?
      Many different versions of the beep test, and also depends how each is administered. That's really a dopey statement. Endurance is the easiest thing to increase in a soccer player. Should be more worried about skill and speed.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Many different versions of the beep test, and also depends how each is administered. That's really a dopey statement. Endurance is the easiest thing to increase in a soccer player. Should be more worried about skill and speed.
        Had a daughter play for a D3 school. One year during the first game of the season the team was so out of shape girls were literally puking on the field. Seems like Coach might know a little bit what they are up against and probably figures a team in top shape might be able to steal a few early season contests just because of a conditioning advantage.

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          #5
          Does anyone have experience with the level expected on the beep test. Number wise.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            D3 college coach tells daughter that his players must achieve a level 17 on the beep test to play for him. Research I've done says that the average for D1 is 13.

            Anyone have any insight?
            Demanding a 17 doesn't sound right to me.

            http://www.topendsports.com/testing/beep-variations.htm

            http://www.topendsports.com/testing/...huttle-run.htm

            If I recall the USWNT scores full laps (20m x 2) and Kelly O'Hara is the record holder at 68, which would be less than a 17.

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              #7
              There are different versions and some schools even have their own testing they like to do. But in a nutshell coachest want you walking on the field in August in the best possible shape you can be in. Summer is not the time to slack off. It's a great time to identify your strengths and weaknesses and work to improve the later.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                D3 college coach tells daughter that his players must achieve a level 17 on the beep test to play for him. Research I've done says that the average for D1 is 13.

                Anyone have any insight?
                Most college coaches I'm familiar with have off-season fitness programs that include several minimum requirements for their pre-season, which often include a beep test.

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                  #9
                  Last time my child did the beep test the coach finally just called it off because it went on so long.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    There are different versions and some schools even have their own testing they like to do. But in a nutshell coachest want you walking on the field in August in the best possible shape you can be in. Summer is not the time to slack off. It's a great time to identify your strengths and weaknesses and work to improve the later.
                    It is also a time to rest and prepare for the rigors of the upcoming season...a run to keep in shape is fine.
                    Coach's job is to get team fit

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                      #11
                      I disagree. It's a coaches job to work on strategy, formation, positioning, lineups, etc. A player who shows up in "OK" shape may find herself riding the pine.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        It is also a time to rest and prepare for the rigors of the upcoming season...a run to keep in shape is fine.
                        Coach's job is to get team fit
                        no, it's not my job to get the kid fit. That's something that should be done on their own time. You've got all summer to get fit. We have a limited about of time together and that should be be used to build off fitness, not creating it.

                        You don't show up fit, you won't play until you are. Really, that simple.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Last time my child did the beep test the coach finally just called it off because it went on so long.
                          Then the coach isn't doing it right -- the whole point (VO2 max) is that the beep test finishes you before you finish it.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            It is also a time to rest and prepare for the rigors of the upcoming season...a run to keep in shape is fine.
                            Coach's job is to get team fit
                            That approach by a player during the summer will get you cut from your high school junior varsity team. But good luck!

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                              #15
                              the kids that care about the game work on it all the time - fitness and technique. Problem is there are not enough of them. College starts and to some, its a chore to do the bare minimum to get by, to others they are raring to go and in good shape. Those kids stick out like a sore thumb.

                              Thats what is so sad about so much of what I see, its a means to an end sport for too many., not a passion

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