Comparison of Three Tests for Assesing the Aerobic Aptitude to the Elite Swimmers

We have made a study on a sample of 15 swimmers, from the national team of Tunisia, of different age groups, 9 boys and 6 girls, in order to compare three tests of aerobic skills assessment. We chose VAMEVAL test, then we compared with the 2000m and 400m tests, two tests used internationally for estimating VAM. We have noticed that the speed of the 2000m test is not significant compared to VAMEVAL test, while for the 400m test it is significantly correlated with VAM for girls but not for boys. We have also noticed that there are significant differences between girls and boys when speaking of biomechanical parameters that are necessary to assess technical efficiency swimmers during the three tests.