The Sargent Jump

Equipment: Vertical Jump board or chalk, a metre ruler, weights scales (optional).

Target Population: All athletes/sportspeople.

Advantages: A simple test to administer, little equipment required. Takes into account height. Lewis Nomogram takes into account height and weight.

Disadvantages: Jumping practice has an effect on the scores by improving technique and timing. Needs to be measured accurately for valid results.

Procedure: The vertical jump known as the sargent jump is used to measure leg power. This test cen be done using a 'vertical jump board' or chalk held in the hand against a wall.

The subject marks the full extent of his/her one-handed (overhead) reach up the wall with the jump board or a chalk mark (initial mark).

Bending at the knees, taking off from both feet using a counterswing movement of the arms the subject aims to touch or make a mark up the wall as high as possible with one hand. The maximum height above the initial mark is recorded.