Do you want to know how you compare with our national players who are training at the PETRONAS Academy Badminton Malaysia (PABM)?
The PABM houses junior players from the age 16 years old onwards, and we test our players according to these 6 parameters:
Mobility
Power (lower body)
Change of Direction (COD)
Speed
Endurance
Strength (lower and upper body) - only for players aged 17 years old or above
To ensure players are not fatigued when performing the tests, we recommend the tests for Strength (only for players aged 17 and above) are done on a different day than all the other tests. Example:
Test sessions are conducted in the following order:
Mobility
Power (lower body)
Change of Direction
Speed
Endurance - This test should be conducted last as the players would be too fatigued to do any other tests after the endurance test.
Test sessions for Strength (Only for those players aged 17 years old or above)
Upper Body Strength
Lower Body Strength