The Illinois Agility Test primarily assesses which attributes?

• A. Grace and quickness
• B. Flexibility and endurance
• C. Speed and strength
• D. Flexibility and strength

Answer: (A)

Agility, the ability to move quickly and change direction with balance and control, is what this test measures. The Illinois Agility Test has you sprinting, weaving around cones, and turning smoothly in a short, continuous course. That combination emphasizes not just speed, but how smoothly you execute rapid direction changes with precision—what we describe as grace in movement—along with the overall speed of those changes, or quickness.

Other attributes like flexibility, endurance, or sheer strength aren’t the main focus here. Flexibility relates to joint range, endurance to sustaining effort, and strength to force production—none of which are the primary demands of this brief, directional drill.