the evaluation of special endurance in sprint runners

The text is derived from a scientific research on the sport of athletics, as the need to go deeper into this subject is evident. This was corroborated with an initial bibliographic search. The work is based on the aspects of the evaluation of special resistance. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used for its development. The objective of this work was the elaboration of a methodology for the evaluation of special resistance in school category speed runners. The practical significance is concretized in the compendium of functional tests that propitiate the realization of this process in the best way. After carrying out a nominal group constituted by specialists of high performance in athletics and related sciences and two meetings, by consensus, the methodology elaborated was considered very pertinent.