Naslov
The development of a new stop'n'go reactive - Agility test (Report)

Autori
Sekulić, Damir ; Krolo, Ante ; Spasić, Miodrag ; Uljević, Ognjen ; Perić, Mia

Izvornik
Journal of strength and conditioning research (1064-8011) 28 (2013), 11; 3306-3312

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
change of direction; reliability; validity; performance; test construction

Sažetak
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of a newly constructed reactive-agility test that can be used to define reactive-agility performance in sports that employ a repeated scenarios of "stop'n'go" agility. Measuring is done by original hardware based on the ATMEL microcontroller AT89C51RE2. A total of 36 college-aged male athletes (age 22.1 +/- 2.4 years ; body height 182.45+/-5.19 cm ; body mass 80.67+/-7.69 kg) and 21 college-aged female athletes (21.4 +/- 2.5 years ; 171.45+/-6.81 cm ; 61.95+/-6.70 kg) were evaluated for a stop'n'go reactive-agility-test (SNG-RAT), stop'n'go change of direction speed (SNG-CODS), counter- movement jump (CMJ), and anthropometrics. The reliability analyses suggested a high consistency for the applied tests (SNG-CODS ; ICC = 0.87 and 0.92 ; SNG-RAT ; ICC = 0.81 and 0.86, for males and females, respectively). The SNG-RAT and SNG-CODS shared less than 40% of the common variance. The longer version of the SNG-RAT, which included 5 unpredictable changes of direction, was found to be valid among males. At the same time, the shorter version of the SNG-RAT (3 unpredictable changes of direction) is suggested for females since it better discriminates more from less agile athletes. Because the SNG-RAT and SNG-CODS were performed on the same course, we believe that simultaneously performing both tests can be beneficial when defining "stop'n'go" agility. Namely, the calculated SNG-CODS-to-SNG-RAT ratio will allow strength and conditioning coaches to indirectly determine the perceptual- and reaction-capacities of their athletes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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