Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2007: 201-205
Testing the Physical Performance of Soldiers (Part 1)Military professional
Since January 1, 2005, the Army of the Czech Republic has become a professional army, based upon all-volunteer principles. It has to elaborate methods to check especially physical aptitudes for military service. This could be divided into two parts: first testing candidates for military service, second, testing career soldiers. The author familiarizes us with various sets of physical test used both in the CR and the ACR. The tests must fulfil several core predispositions: they must be standardized, reliable and valid. Validity of test must be related to the external source, so that we could compare our measured data with some other ones. The units of the ACR were divided in 1996 into three performance groups, A, B, and C, according to soldier physical capabilities.
Keywords: armed forces of the czech republic,psychical burden,physical training,military professionals,physical tests
Published: June 15, 2007 Show citation
