The Compass Cone Drill measures agility by measuring acceleration, deceleration and change of direction around a marked course.

Equipment Required: Large open space, tape measure, marker cones x5, stopwatch, test administrator x1

Procedure:

1. Participant performs a short warm-up following a RAMP protocol.
2. Test administrator sets-up course. They select the starting point, and place a cone (Cone A). Test administrator measures a distance of 3m to the West and places a second cone (Cone B) in line with Cone A. Test administrator then returns to Cone A and places a cone 3m to the North (Cone C) of Cone A. Administrator then returns to Cone A and places a cone 3m to the East (Cone D) of Cone A, before returning to Cone A for the final time and placing a cone 3m South of it (Cone E), forming a diamond/compass shape.
3. Participant readies themself in a standing split-stance position with their left hand on Cone A, and their body facing Cone E.
4. Participant is counted down “3-2-1-GO” by the test administrator. On the command of “GO”, the administrator starts the stopwatch.
5. Participant sprints from Cone A to Cone B and touches it with their hand. Participant then turns and runs back to Cone A and also touches that with their hand, before turning and running out to Cone C. Participant then runs back to Cone A and touches it again, before running out to Cone D. Participant touches Cone D with their hand and then turns and runs back into Cone A and touches it again with their hand, before sprinting out to touch Cone E with their hand. Administrator stops the timer when participant touches Cone E.
6. Participant completes three attempts and the test administrator records best attempt.
7. Participant inputs the fastest time into SharedGoals by clicking on the green “Add score” button.