Second Edition · Chapter 3 Assessment · Original Test 4.16
Assesses local lateral endurance with repeated lunges to both sides.
Test Demonstration
Watch the movement, then follow the book’s full procedure and measurement instructions for a formal assessment.
Equipment
Two rubber agility rings, scale, tape measure, heart-rate monitor and stopwatch.
Test Procedure
Place a ring at each lateral ground-contact point and measure the ring-to-ring distance. Perform repeated lateral lunges into the rings, bending one knee toward 90° while the other leg remains straight.
Result And Scoring
Record body mass in kilograms and ring-centre spacing in metres. Before starting, agree whether each side contact counts as one repetition, the required return through centre and the movement loss that ends the test. Record pace instruction, stopping reason and recovery posture. Compare repetitions, duration and heart-rate recovery directly; the original mass × estimated travel ÷ time expression is not force in newtons or power in watts.
During a formal trial, record repetitions and time to exhaustion, heart rate at exhaustion, and recovery heart rates at one, two and three minutes.
Video Demonstration Note
This short clip demonstrates the left and right movement and ring arrangement. It does not show a full time-to-exhaustion trial or heart-rate readings.
Training Connections
Bilateral Lunge and Duck Walk are the book’s listed warm-up movements. Return to the assessment overview for related demonstrations.
From The Tennis Book
4.16 Bilateral Lunge Test in Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis. Use the book’s full protocol when recording a test result.