Table 1

Existing field-based physical fitness test batteries for children and adolescents

AcronymSociety/organisationCountry/regionAge, years
EUROFIT10Council of Europe Committee for the Development of SportEurope6–18
FITNESSGRAM11The Cooper InstituteUSA5–17
PCHF12President's Challenge: Health Fitness. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports/American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER)USA6–17
PCPF13President's Challenge: Physical Fitness. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports/American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER)USA6–17
AAUTB14Amateur Athletic Union Test Battery. Chrysler Foundation/Amateur Athletic UnionUSA6–17
YMCAYFT15YMCA Youth Fitness TestUSA6–17
NYPFP16National Youth Physical Program. The United States Marines Youth FoundationUSA5–17
HRFT17Health-Related Fitness Test, American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER)USA5–18
Physical Best18American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER)USA5–18
IPFT19International Physical Fitness Test (United States Sports Academic/General Organization of Youth and Sport of Bahrain)USA9–19
CAHPER-FPT II20Fitness Performance Test II. Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER)Canada7–69
CPAFLA21The Canadian Physical Activity, Fitness & Lifestyle Approach (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology)Canada15–69
NFTP-PRC22National Fitness Test Program in the Popular Republic China (China's National Sport and Physical Education Committee)China9–19+
NZFT23New Zealand Fitness Test. Rusell/Department of EducationNew Zealand6–12
AFEA24Australian Fitness Education Award. The Australian Council for Health, Education and Recreation, ACHERAustralia9–19

  • YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association.