Thanks to John Leavy for providing the following nearby NISOA chapter testing schedule:
- NJ Metro ISOA - August 9, Saturday – Drew University, Madison, NJ – Physical fitness test and Interpretation meeting – 8:00 am registration, 8:30 start.
- ISOA-NJ – August 9 – Mercer County College – Fitness test at 8:00 am. Interpretation meeting follows the fitness test.
- Eastern PA and Delaware - Saturday, August 16, Saturday – Villanova University – 7:30 am start for the fitness test. Interpretation meeting follows the fitness test.
- Westchester/Rockland ISOA - Rules Interpretation information is here.
NY Metro ISOA members who attend these (or any other non-NY Metro ISOA) rules interpretation meeting are required to attend three of the four scheduled business meetings to meet the NISOA requirement to attend 3 business meetings.
Starting this year, we are maintaining the chapter’s NISOA fitness test results on the chapter’s web server. This will allow members to receive their test results directly via email. After the test results are recorded, members may go to our web site to request their results and score. Fitness test scores are not shared with assignors nor made publicly available.
January 15th, 2008
3:11 pm
Events
| June 4, 2008 |
| 4:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
| July 12, 2008 |
| 8:00 am | to | 10:00 am |
The chapter will adminster the NISOA physical fitness test at C.W. Post University in Brookville, NY on the stadium football field (FieldTurf). Get the test events (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and scoring criteria.
July 16th, 2007
1:28 pm
Events
| July 24, 2007 |
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Due to the unusually large number of members who have not taken the NISOA fitness test at either of the chapter’s scheduled tests, we will offer a makeup NISOA Fitness Test at Murphy Field on Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Members who did not attend either of the scheduled tests will be assessed a $50 fee if they choose to take this makeup test. Optionally, you may take the NISOA Fitness test with another chapter provided they are accepting guests.
Members who wish to improve their score are invited to attend the makeup test as well.
The NY Metro ISOA chapter has administered our final scheduled NISOA fitness test for the 2007 season. NY Metro ISOA members who have not yet taken the NISOA fitness test will have to make arrangements with other chapters to take the fitness test and have the results reported directly to Joe Danbusky. The New Jersey chapter and several New England chapters will administer NISOA fitness tests later this summer.
UPDATE: Makeup NY Metro NISOA Fitness Test Scheduled
Steve Lewin has been researching the most updated fitness criteria for renewing NISOA members. Based on the criteria in NISOA policy, Steve took the minimum criteria and tabulated the chapter scoring criteria for fitness testing in 2007 and subsequent seasons. This criteria meets the minimum performance standards in the NISOA policy and provides for a fair assessment of physical condition.
Renewing members must achieve a minimum average score of 1.0. New candidates must achieve a minimum average score of 1.5.
In 2003, NISOA completely revised the events in their physical performance test. The new events, 12 minute run, “The Pro-40 Test”, “Brazilian AR 50 meter test” and “The 30 meter shuffle” were developed based on the findings of leading researchers in the field of Soccer Referee Physiology. New scoring criteria were developed. In 2005, NISOA revised their policy to require renewing members to pass the fitness test with a minimum average score of 1.0 for the 4 individual events to maintain their member “in good standing” status. A full description of the policy, fitness tests and scoring criteria is available here.
The current NISOA policy as well as the current terms of our constitution allows the chapter (at its discretion) to place a renewing member who does not pass the fitness test under probation and assigned a game as an official for assessment purposes. This provision works well where there is a traditional NISOA Chapter Assignor. However, the NY Metro Chapter does not have a chapter assignor. Games are assigned exclusively by conference assignors such as ECAC, ISOAB, Atlantic 10, and Region XV. The chapter’s executive board cannot ensure members who fail the fitness test will have an opportunity to be assigned a game for assessment purposes. It’s a Catch 22. Read the rest of this entry »
