Illinois Agility Test Overview
Component of fitness assessed: Gross coordination (agility and speed).
The Illinois agility run assesses gross co-ordination (agility). The test will be conducted on a wooden gymnasium floor. The course is marked out with cones and/or poles and your time to complete the course recorded as your score. Figure 2, overleaf, illustrates the course set up for the Illinois agility run. You will be given the opportunity to undertake a familiarisation trial before performing this test, if you want to.
Illinois Agility Test Protocol
- Your starting position for this test is in a prone (front lying, face down) position, with your elbows flexed and hands placed at the sides of your chest, palms on the floor. Your head is in line with the starting line.
- When you are ready in the starting position, the person conducting the test will say ‘Applicant ready … go’.
- On the ‘go’ command, timing will be started and you will stand up as quickly as possible and sprint straight ahead to the first turning point on the far line, 9.15 metres away (see Figure 2).
- Your foot must touch or be placed beyond the far line. You will then turn and sprint diagonally back to the near line and turn around the end marker cone/pole in the centre of the course.
- You will then weave in and out around marker cones/poles spaced 3.05 metres apart, turning around the far marker cone/pole. On the way back, repeat weaving in and out around the marker cones/poles to the near line, turning around the end marker cone/pole and then sprint diagonally to the far line.
- Your foot must touch or be placed beyond the far line. You will then turn and sprint straight back to the near line, where your overall time will be recorded. It is important that you sprint through the finish line and don’t pull up early. Timing will stop when your chest passes over the finish line.
Illinois Agility Test Score Requirement
The Victoria Police Illinois Agility Test score required for all applicants is ≤ 20.00 seconds.
≤ means less than or equal to.
Resources
Physical Fitness Requirements for Victoria Police – July 2010
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