The 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test: A Reliable, Valid, and Useful Tool to Assess Aerobic Capacity in Female Basketball Players

Comparison of the Field-Based Intermittent Running Fitness Test 30-15 and the Treadmill Multistage Incremental Test for the Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Elite Handball Players

“…Furthermore, group testing, as performed in team sports during the 30-15 IFT test, has been shown to increase task motivation [ 38 ]. In addition, our results demonstrated that HR max values tend to be higher during 30-15 IFT , confirming previous findings [ 22 , 36 , 37 ], although with lack of statistical significance. This is not surprising, because sport-specific tests often result in higher HR max values, as shown in other sports such as soccer, tennis, and squash [ 39 , 40 , 41 ].…”

“…Later results suggest that the 30-15 IFT is a sensitive tool for detecting changes in V during performance monitoring. In addition, similar trends in VO 2max difference estimates have been reported for female soccer players [ 36 ], female basketball players [ 37 ], and male team sports athletes [ 22 ]. There are two main reasons that may explain the discrepancies observed.…”

Test–retest reliability of the 30–15 Intermittent Fitness Test: A systematic review

“…Seven studies were found to satisfy the inclusion criteria. 12 , 19 , 20 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 More details about the search and study selection process are presented in the flow diagram ( Fig. 1 ).…”

High versus low motivating music on intermittent fitness and agility in young well-trained basketball players

“…On the one hand, the 30-15 is widely spread in Basketball training and testing (Jeličić et al, 2020). According to his author (Buchheit, 2008;Buchheit et al, 2011), the 30-15 structure (i.e., the interspersed recovery periods) allows the players to performed largely over the maximal aerobic speed and the VO max intensities -10-20% over - (Buchheit, 2008;Buchheit & Laursen, 2013).…”

“…According to his author (Buchheit, 2008;Buchheit et al, 2011), the 30-15 structure (i.e., the interspersed recovery periods) allows the players to performed largely over the maximal aerobic speed and the VO max intensities -10-20% over - (Buchheit, 2008;Buchheit & Laursen, 2013). In addition, the 30s periods of exercise in the 30-15 are close to the cardiorespiratory response times at the beginning of exercise, and the 15s of recovery interspersed provide sufficient but incomplete recovery of energy substrates, as during intermittent games, matching basketball requirements (Buchheit, 2008;Jeličić et al, 2020). We assume that motivating music confirms to be a powerful and useful tool for coaches and physical fitness professionals in basketball, when the players need supplementary resources in long-lasting, mixed aerobic-anerobic intermittent extenuating efforts.…”