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- The Yo-Yo test was invented by Dr. Jens Bangsbo, a Danish scientist and football coach, in the 1990s.
- He tested it on footballers to improve their overall fitness levels, with a routine that was not just about running long distances.
- Gradually, other sport started adopting Yo-Yo. For elite footballers, the benchmark score was set high at 21.
- Yo-Yo was introduced to Indian cricket by the national team’s strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu. Ahead of India’s tour of Sri Lanka in 2017, the cricketers underwent these tests
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- Given the sheer volume of matches for Indian players and the pace and intensity of contemporary cricket with its different formats, there is a belief that optimal fitness must be achieved. Irrespective of a cricketer’s ability, the present Indian team management feels a minimum fitness level is non-negotiable.
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- As it turns out, the benchmark Yo-Yo score for Indian cricketers has been set, rather low, at 16.1. For New Zealand and England, it is 19 and above, while Sri Lanka and Pakistan have fixed it at 17.4. Irrespective of their performance on the field, cricketers have to clear the Yo-Yo test for selection to the India ‘A’ and the national teams..
- prominent cricketers such as Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh had failed to surmount the hurdle.
- Now, Rayudu’s missing out on the England ODI series after grabbing headlines in the physically and mentally demanding IPL led to an uproar in certain quarters.
- The trainer, some experts say, cannot become a selector in a skillbased sport. Those who argue against Yo-Yo point out that it measures only one aspect of fitness and does not take into account factors such as agility, flexibility and mental toughness, and the specific demands needed by different breeds of cricketers such as batsmen, spinners and fast bowlers
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