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Write in detail about the various tests items and their administration of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAPHER) Test.

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The AAPHER (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation) youth fitness test was formed in 1965 and got revised in 1976. The test was administered on school students of 17 years of age.

This test consists of the following six items:

Administration of Test: These tests can be done in a gymnasium or outdoors. Apparatus required in these tests is horizontal bar of approximately 1.5 inch and a stop watch.

TEST ? 1

Flexed arms hang: In this test, the student is required to hang from the bar with flexed arms and overhead grasp. The student should raise his/her body to a position where the chin is above the bar and chest is close to the bar. Time is measured how much a student can remain in that position.

TEST ? 2

Sit ups: The student should lie on his/her back with knees bent, feet on the floor with heels not more than 12 inches from the buttocks. The hand should be placed at the back of neck, fingers elasped and elbow touching the mat. From this position, student should raise his/her head and elbow towards knees. This constitutes one sit-up. Measurement is maximum number of sit-up a given time.

TEST ? 3

Shuttle run: For this test, two parallel lines are drawn at a distance of 30 feet from each other and two blocks of wood are placed behind one of the lines. Students has to run from one .line to other and back to starting line and place the block behind the line. He should again turn back to pick up the second block and bring it behind the starting line. Two trials are given. Time in one tenth of second is accepted as a score.

TEST ? 4

Standing Long Jump: Student is asked to stand behind a take-off line with the feet parallel to each other. The subject is instructed to take the jump forward by extending his bent knees and swinging the arms forward. Out of three trials, best jump is recorded.

TEST ? 5

50 yard Dash: Two lines are drawn at a distance of 50 yards from each other. The student is made to run from the starting line to finish line and time is recorded.

TEST ? 6

600 yard Run: This run can be organised in a proper track. Finish line is marked at 600 yards from starting point. The objective is to complete the distance in shortest time.