If you aspire to become a professional player with the SBA (Singapore Badminton Association), you need to pass a Fitness Test within a specified period. This Test may seem to be simple for some of you but two Indonesian brothers, Hendra Wijaya, 21 and Hendri Kurniawan Su8patra, 25, who joined the SBA in 2000 failed and had to return home early last year. However, last November, they were given a second chance and since then they have passed the test. Hendra commented: "When we were sent home, we realised how fortunate we were in Singapore. Training is more organised here and we are given more opportunities. It was embarrassing being slower than some of the girls...but we've oversome this mental barrier about endurance runs (which they failed the last time)." Here is the SBA Fitness Test, conducted twice annually for its trainees. To pass, the players must score a total of 420 points for seven stations. Each station is worth between 10 and 100 points. The 50-point marks for Men: * 3km run: Below 11m 50s * 400m run: Below 70s * 100m run: Below 13s * Sit-ups: 55 a min. * Bench Press: 70kg * Squats: 100kg * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m Try it a see how you fare. If you can do all the above very easily, why not apply to the SBA for as a pro and be trained by the Chinese coaches to be a champion?
The 50-point marks for Men: * 3km run: Below 11m 50s******fail * 400m run: Below 70s********fail * 100m run: Below 13s********fail * Sit-ups: 55 a min. *********pass!!!! * Bench Press: 70kg*********fail * Squats: 100kg************pass!!!! * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m*****fail guess 2 of 7 is pretty bad ah
The 50-point marks for Men: * 3km run: Below 11m 50s******fail * 400m run: Below 70s********pass * 100m run: Below 13s********pass * Sit-ups: 55 a min. *********pass * Bench Press: 70kg*********pass * Squats: 100kg************pass * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m*****fail hmmm how many marks do i get for the above lol
I really don't know the score scales. If the above 7 events carry an initial score of 50 points, then assuming you just barely passed the standards then you obtained a score of 350 pts (7 x 50 pts) only, which means you still failed. In your case, you have failed already because you did not pass 2 events. I'm sure you have to pass all events for a start and score as high as possible (shorter time, more repetitions or heavier weights?) in all events to get past the 420 pt minimum mark. I'm sure incremental points will be added to the score if you do better than the starting requirements as shown. Keep training at it and make the above your targets as well, and I'm sure you'll be a success on the courts as far as fitness goes. For more superior skills, that is a different matter though.
I can't imagine that you'd have to pass all the events, only that your total score must be over 420. If each station is worth between 10 and 100 points and the pass/fail mark is 50, why not make barely passing worth 0 points, i.e. while does the scale begin at 50 then? My main reason for guessing that you don't have to pass each one is the bench press section, how many reps at 70kg? just 1? well supposing you have a very good kid who wants to turn pro, but because of his sleight frame he can't bench press much weight at all. Obviously a kid like this would score better than average on the running side, which makes up for his lack of strength. Similarly an older/heavier man may not run as well but makes up for it on the strength side.
you have a range of points for different results in each event so that you can have different pass marks for different gender or age group
The 50-point marks for Men: * 3km run: Below 11m 50s******can't even clear 2.4km * 400m run: Below 70s********maybe, when i chase after the bus * 100m run: Below 13s********well trained chasing bus * Sit-ups: 55 a min. *********depend who's the person counting * Bench Press: 70kg*********fail * Squats: 100kg************fail too * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m*****must be crazy... Wow, i got 1/7. So, where do i stand?
of course they got their grading system, just like napfa. but i think they don want to make it public.
* 3km run: Below 11m 50s******almost certain fail * my best 4km run took 18:36 which would be 13:52 for 3km * 400m run: Below 70s********maybe not - I could 25 years ago * 100m run: Below 13s********maybe not - I could 25 years ago * Sit-ups: 55 a min. *********only 42 * Bench Press: 70kg*********maybe * Squats: 100kg************should be easy * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m*****easy-peasy 344 in 3 min with quite a few stops that's 42 full sit-ups, not crunches, and I surprised myself to get that many. I've never been good at sit-ups. but then again, I never practice them.
* 3km run: Below 11m 50s ===> Done. * 400m run: Below 70s ===> Haven't tried. * 100m run: Below 13s ===> Haven't tried. * Sit-ups: 55 a min. ===> Done. * Bench Press: 70kg ===> Haven't tried. How many times, BTW? Just once? * Squats: 100kg ===> Haven't tried. Same here. How many times? * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m ===> Doable, as long as it doesn't have to be 263 consecutive skips without snagging on the rope once or twice.
* 3km run: Below 11m 50s --- DNF * 400m run: Below 70s --- NDF * 100m run: Below 13s --- fail * Sit-ups: 55 a min. --- need a slow watch * Bench Press: 70kg --- too dangeous * Squats: 100kg --- too dangeous * Skipping: 263 sets in 3m --- do not know what this means hmm, maybe i should give a try to the test for seniors. * 300m run: Below 11m 50s -- pass * 40m run: Below 70s -- pass * 10m run: Below 13s -- pass * Sit-ups: 5 a min. -- pass * Bench Press: 7kg -- pass * Squats: 10kg -- pass * Skipping: 26 sets in 3m -- still do not know what this is, but will pass anyway
seems a bit harsh suppose you have a man weighing 50kg? Is he still expected to squat 100kg and bench press 70? It should be done as a % of your bodyweight.
but the heavy men have to drag all that extra weight for 3km. those light guys get it easy in the running and skipping.
Bigslick, Loh simply meant the 50point mark was the stated figures, not that 50 was the lowest, I would imagine they have increments from 0. 270 Skips in three minutes is not a lot, my partners mum is a pensioner and she can do that (she can make around 170/minute). For normal people in badminton I would think that the 100m and 400m targets are not too challenging. I dont know much about weights so couldnt say if they are tough or not (but seems high to me) the situps depends on how you do them (elbow to knees, fingers to knees, legs straight, legs bent, on angle or not. it wouldnt be that hard to do full ones in that time though. (I am not fit & I can)
it goes from 10-100, actually thinking about it I was talking rubbish there, my bad. Whats the deal with the skipping? Is it skips with both feet together or hopping from one foot to the other? Are the bench press and squats how many reps you can do at that weight?
Hard test to pass !!! Even if you could do everything on the test you could only get 350pts and thats 70pts short of 420pts. I guess most of the extra points will need to come from situps since 55/min is very easy for athletes. Bench press and Squats is probably the next easiest for doubles players.
Thanks for the SBA Fitness test, I will give it a try I put the numbers in bold because I would like to know if I know what they mean. Do the bold numbers mean the number of points you will receive for that station?