ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment, 2nd Edition 2022 EPUB + Converted PDF
Written by former ESSA President Jeff Coombes and clinical exercise physiologist Tina Skinner, this book provides everything students need to achieve competency in ESSA Standard 7, Health Exercise and Sport Assessment. It contains in-depth and well-articulated methodology for all tests, data recording tables and normative values, and case study analyses.
Each of the 21 chapters addresses key health and fitness assessments used to evaluate health, fitness and performance. With easy-to-follow practicals throughout, this book has been updated to reflect current best practice and recent advances such as wearable devices and smartphone apps.
- Endorsed by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
- Aligned with National University Course Accreditation Program criteria
- Practical data recording tables
- Australian-specific population normative data tables
- End of chapter discussion questions to apply knowledge to different case scenarios
- Traditional and contemporary gold standard tests that are valid and reliable
- Detailed, easy to follow step-by-step protocols