What describes performance testing?

• A. Measures current fitness
• B. Evaluates performance in actual competition
• C. Notational analysis
• D. Video analysis

Answer: (A)

Performance testing is about using standardized, controlled tests to measure an athlete’s current fitness and physical capacities. It provides objective, numeric results that establish a baseline and allow tracking of improvements over time, which informs training decisions.

Notational analysis, by contrast, records events and quantifies how skills and tactics are executed, not the athlete’s fitness levels. Video analysis examines movement patterns and technique. Evaluating performance in actual competition looks at how the athlete performs in a real event, which is influenced by many factors and isn’t a controlled fitness test.

Because of this, measuring current fitness best describes performance testing.