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Yo-Yo Intermittent Test Results

What is it?

The Yo-Yo Intermittent Test is similar to the Yo-Yo endurance test (a variation of the beep test), except in the intermittent tests the participants have a short active break (5 or 10 seconds for the endurance and recovery versions, respectively). There are also two levels of the test (lEvel 1 & 2), each having a different starting speed.

Top Scores

Comparing scores is often difficult, especially as there are several versions of the test and all reports do not specify which version is being used. Below are some of the test scores that have been found, with not all of them being confirmed.

Football / Soccer - males

Cardiff City defenders Roger Johnson and Tony Capaldi are the best performing in the yo-yo test, with scores over 20 (retrieved from icwales.co.uk July 07)
Male top-class soccer players, playing matches at the highest international level, had a higher performance level on the Yo-Yo IR1 test (2420 m) than elite (2190 m) and sub-elite players (2030 m) as well as moderate trained soccer players (1810 m). (retrieved from soccerfitness.com July 07)

Football / Soccer - females

The performance level of top-class female players was 1600, with a lower level for elite (1360m) and sub-elite (1160 m) players (for the Yo-Yo IR1 test, retrieved from soccerfitness.com July 07)

Rugby

Performance of elite rugby players was 1656 m, almost the same as for sub-elite players, 1564 m. (for the Yo-Yo IR1 test, retrieved from soccerfitness.com July 07)

Field Hockey

U21 state-level female hockey players averaged 840 m. (for the Yo-Yo IR1 test, retrieved from soccerfitness.com July 07)

Badminton

Female young elite-badminton players (age 21 years: 1200 m; and age 17 years: 1080 m) (for the Yo-Yo IR1 test, retrieved from soccerfitness.com July 07)

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