This new text from the American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM) contains information necessary to develop skills for
assessing an individual’s health-related physical fitness. It
provides the reader with a practical how-to-do-it approach for
performing these assessment skills effectively, and an
understanding of the theory behind and the importance of each
skill or assessment. Reported errors associated with each test
are also given, and a step-by-step instruction of the skills is
provided in order for the reader to gain proficiency through
practice. Illustrations and tables supplement the text and
enhance learning.