It depends. I have a battery of tests for my athletes involving some athletic drills (shuttle drills, sprints, etc). I have others for obese clients who would die just finishing a shuttle drill in under ten seconds.
I like some elements of Gray Cooks Screens, so I usually do something there. I try to find a strength or strength endurance test or two (5RM, push-ups in 2 minutes, etc). Incidently I don't think I've ever tested anyone, other than in grad school, in the sit and reach.
One thing I like to do in my evaluation of clients is to run them through a basic dynamic warm-up with lunges, high kicks, squats, push-up walk-outs, arm circles, etc. You can see a lot of misalignments, imbalances, and get a good idea of their athleticism and conditioning.
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