Pre-season Test Results

As we mentioned yesterday, the team underwent some standard preliminary testing as part of the coaching staff's pre-season evaluations of where the team and individual players are at coming into camp. Today we get to take a look at the results and some of the top guys who stood out in the two tests completed.

Vertical Jump

1. Mike Jones (6670 watts)
2. Roger Espinoza (6557 watts)
3. Teal Bunbury (6434 watts)
4. Konrad Warzycha (6364 watts)
5. C.J. Sapong (6297 watts)

This traditional test was measured in watts, a unit for power, that was calculated by comparing players vertical jump to their body weight to get the power. Sporting Kansas City fitness and conditioning coach Mateus Manoel said it provides a better assessment indicator than simply judging by the jump height by itself.

Body Fat 

1. Michal Mravec (4.0 percent)
2. Teal Bunbury (4.7 percent)
3. C.J. Sapong (5.3 percent)
4. Kei Kamara (5.5 percent)
5. Korede Aiyegbusi  (5.5 percent)

These numbers speak for themselves -- the average American male has a body fat percentage of around 25 percent -- but for comparison, Teal Bunbury was among the top three players in the recently completed U.S. Men's National Team January Camp.

With the initial round of testing and entrance physicals out of the way, the team took to the field for the first time in 2011 this morning at the Chiefs Practice Facility. Lots of local media were on the sidelines to see all the action firsthand, so check back later for a full round-up of reactions and interviews.