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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 and increments. Therefore there are four possible Yo-Yo intermittent tests that can be performed, and the one that is used is recorded below when known.

Top Scores

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

Football / Soccer - males

The head of fitness training at Collingwood AFL club was quoted as saying that the Melbourne Victory (National Football/Soccer team) players perform the intermittent yo-yo test, and were scoring "high teens and 20s. Getting about 20 to 21, they’re looking at over two kilometers. Two-and-a-half would be exceptionally elite." (from an article on AFL.com.au)
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

In the testing of the Syracuse University’s D1 field hockey team, the highest score in the yo yo level 1 test was a 14.6, with the average around 12.2. The players are 17-22 years old - college freshmen to seniors (personal communication from coach).
U21 state-level female hockey players averaged 840 m. (for the Yo-Yo IR1 test, retrieved from soccerfitness.com July 07)

Basketball

The Oregon women’s basketball team had to get above a 15 to pass their Yo-Yo test (Goducks.com, Jan 2009).

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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