Community-based adaptive sports programs are often asked to show measurable gains to funders (grants and private funding alike). Exercise testing of athletes can be a valuable tool to document both health and skill related components of fitness. This session will explore exercise testing best practices for community-based adaptive sports and recreation programs for both youth and adult populations. Differences in testing disability populations (physical, visual and intellectual) will be discussed. This session will present exercise testing batteries that can be performed with either equipment most programs have readily available or low-cost options. By the end of this session participants will be prepared to determine: why programs should exercise test, what exercise testing can be utilized for different adaptive sports/recreation, how to best perform the testing for athletes with different disabilities, and how to exercise test with minimal/low-cost equipment.
Speaker: Ashley Fallaize - Manager of Training and Education at BlazeSports America
Ashley Fallaize is the Manager of Training and Education at BlazeSports America. She oversees the BlazeSports Institute for Adaptive Sports and Recreation which includes a national certification program among other training initiatives. She has extensive experience teaching and coaching adaptive aquatics and has experience with Wheelchair Basketball, Handball and Football. At UGA, she taught classes focusing on wellness for individuals with disabilities including: Introduction to Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities and Basic Adapted Physical Education. Ashley is a Certified Adaptive Recreation and Sports Specialist II, Certified Adapted Aquatics Instructor, and Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer. She currently helps direct all exercise testing at BlazeSports America for youth programming. Ashley graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Georgia State University and her Master of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Georgia.
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