PERFORMANCE
AND FITNESS ASSESSMENT TESTING
The BOC is committed to providing performance and fitness assessment testing services to all sections of society, including elite athletes, adults and youth, in order to promote and monitor healthy sports and physical exercise at all levels.
THE NATIONAL CENTER OF EXPERTISE
AND PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT
The Center was established in 1981 under an agreement signed between the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports, and the United States Sports Academy. The agreement included the establishment of a Sports Physiology Laboratory targeted at elite individual athletes and members of national sports teams, to assess their physiological and functional level of respiratory and metabolic systems for physical effort and muscular abilities.
THE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE LABORATORY
In 2015, the scope of the existing laboratory was enhanced with the addition of state-of-the-art equipment, and its services extended to the general public to undertake a set of required tests for a reasonable charge, before starting physical activity. It provides a wide range of performance and fitness assessment testing services, which include the following:
FITNESS TESTING AND EVALUATION
The Laboratory provides comprehensive fitness control and evaluation, through provision of the following tests: