Activity analysis and test selection: heart-rate trace, work-to-rest bar and skill tallies for one quarter, with a chosen fitness test laid underneath for comparison

The sport doesn't pick the test. The data does.

An activity analysis of one quarter records four things: how often each skill happens, what kind of movement fills the time, what the heart rate does, and how long each effort lasts compared with the recovery after it. Those numbers name the fitness components the player really uses, and a test earns its place only by measuring one of them with a protocol that looks like the sport. Switch between the three players, shorten the window to see single efforts, and watch the work-to-rest bar, then choose a test and see whether its pattern lines up.

Activity analysis · one quarter AFL midfielder
Change the player and the window analysed. Then choose a test and compare its protocol bar with the player's bar above it.
Whose quarter?
W:R 1:3.4 · MEAN 165 · PEAK 184
Window analysed6 min
1 min 5 10 15 20 min
Work : rest
1 : 3.4
Mean heart rate
165 bpm
Peak heart rate
184 bpm
Dominant movement
Jog 52%
Demands this data points to
Which test fits?

Know This

An activity analysis records skill frequencies, movement patterns, heart rates and work-to-rest ratios, and the test you choose must measure the component those numbers name.