|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to replace beep test with Yo-Yo test in the coming days, said BCB officials on Thursday.

The yo-yo or the beep test is used to test a person’s aerobic capacity and endurance. It is a direct representation of individual’s cardiovascular fitness, and is a perfect simulation for games which require short bursts of pace followed by a short recovery time.

A number of sports like football, cricket, rugby use this test as a benchmark to determine an athletes fitness level at the international level. Invented by the Danish soccer player Jens Bangsbo, the test aims to measure the aerobic fitness levels of players by measuring the time taken by the athlete to shuttle between two markers kept at a distance (usually 20m), with a constrained recovery time and when a player fails the test the last completed level is considered as his test score.

BCB had initiated the move of introducing yo-yo test in the High Performance Unit camp that began on October 7.

According to BCB officials they are thinking to introduce the Yo-Yo test for the national cricketers as well after it was advised by newly appointed head of strength and conditioning Nick Lee.

‘’We are thinking to introduce Yo-Yo test in the national camps as it looks to be more effective,’’ said BCB chief selector Minhajul Abedin

‘’HP unit strength and conditioning coach Tusar Kanti Howlader insisted that they had got good feed backs from the cricketers after they were asked to take part in the Yo-Yo test in the HP,’’ he said.

‘’It was new so naturally they did take some time to adapt to it but the outcome was quite satisfactory,’’ said Tusar.

‘’Basically the beep test is considered to be endurance test while the Yo-Yo test is considered to be aerobic-endurance test,’’ he said.