In short: exercise to determine 'the condition'. Organisation: Set out a course of a known length, for example 400 metres with a pylon every 50 metres.
In a period of 12 minutes the players have to try to cover the greatest possibledistance on foot. The distance covered is a measurefor 'the condition', better said: the endurancefor running. Kenneth Cooper usedthe following table (for players over 30 years of ageshorter distances):
The Cooper test is very controversial. On the one hand because many korfball playershate it (fear of getting tired?), on the other hand because thetest is not a good indicator of korfball fitness.The power of jumping, the ability to recover after a long attack, the purity oftheshot from a long distance at the end of a gameare all things that are of great importance in a game andare not measured by the test.
However,as an indication of someone's basic fitness at the beginning of the season,the Coopertest can be used. However, the numbersfrom the table aboveshouldbeused with some flexibility. Personally I think 2700 meters for ladiesis quite a long way, but 2800 meters for men is not very far at all.
distances conditionvery badless than 1500 less than 1600Bad1500 - 1800 1600 - 2000Fair1800 - 2200 2000 - 2400good2200 - 2700 2400 - 2800very goodmore than 2700 more than 2800