Posted on Mar 23, 2015
Grading the Push-Up event on the APFT with incorrect push ups?
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If you are grading the Push-Up event and the Soldier you are grading does the first 2 push-ups correctly and on the 3rd one the Soldier doesn't perform it correctly, as a grader, what do you do? Tell him "go lower" and not count that rep and let him continue or tell him to stop, have him go to his knees, explain his deficiencies and send him to the end of the line to be retested?
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1SG Essig. Great post. The correct way is if at ANY time during the first 10 push ups you have to repeat ANY number, You are to tell the Soldier to go to his/her knees and explain what the Soldiers is doing incorrectly. If not, you risk not having the soldier doing an excessive amount of incorrect push ups during their first attempt. It is nearly impossible to keep up with the number of incorrect push ups and the number if total push ups simultaneously.
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Exactly my point 1SG, I know it's an unused practice but my goal is to inform people to get them to do it correctly.
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Great info 1SGs! If they look "funky" from the get go make the correction. I would usually send them to a different line for their second try.
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This is what I do and it aint text book or anything. When they come to my line before the get ready command I ask them to do one push up for me. If it was good, I say make them all like that, if its not I tell them whats wrong. Then we go from there. Works good for me. And no, I've never had one person fail by one pushup and blame it on the practice one.
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SSG Robert Burns , I like that technique, I've also had graders do that and it always worked out well.
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I, like some of my counterparts on RP, ask the "testee" (hehehe) to do one push up and explain what they are doing wrong.
I have soldiers remove their jackets so I can see their arm going to at least parallel. I also watch for full lock out. And if a soldier does the bare minimum and gets up...I tend to loose my ever-loving mind....
I have soldiers remove their jackets so I can see their arm going to at least parallel. I also watch for full lock out. And if a soldier does the bare minimum and gets up...I tend to loose my ever-loving mind....
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