Effective fitness feedback addresses questions across three dimensions. First dimension is “feed up” which is about understanding the test score. Second dimension is the “feed back” which is associated with setting goals. The last dimension is “feed forward”, associated with the action.

References / Further reading

1. Hattie, J. in Timperley, H. (2007). The Power of Feedback. Review of Educational Research, 77(1), 81–112. DOI: 10.3102/003465430298487
2. Ortega, F. B., Leskošek, B., Blagus, R., Gil-Cosano, J. J., Mäestu, J., Tomkinson, G. R., Ruiz, J. R., Mäestu, E., Starc, G., Milanovic, I., Tammelin, T. H., Sorić, M., Scheuer, C., Carraro, A., Kaj, M., Csányi, T., Sardinha, L. B., Lenoir, M., Emeljanovas, A., … Jurak, G. (2023). European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(5), 299–310. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106176
3. Zhu, W., Mahar, M. T., Welk, G. J., Going, S. B., & Cureton, K. J. (2011). Approaches for development of criterion-referenced standards in health-related youth fitness tests. American journal of preventive medicine, 41(4 Suppl 2), S68–S76. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.07.00