- Title
- The development of a test of reactive agility for netball : A new methodology
- Creator
- Farrow, Damian; Young, Warren; Bruce, Lyndell
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/61328
- Identifier
- vital:277
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1440-2440(05)80024-6
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-2440
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to present a new methodology for the measurement of agility for netball that is considered more ecologically valid than previous agility tests. Specifically, the agility performance of highly-skilled (n=12), moderately-skilled (n=12) and lesser-skilled players (n=8) when responding to a life-size, interactive video display of a netball player initiating a pass was compared to a traditional, pre-planned agility movement where no external stimulus was present. The total movement times and decision times of the players were the primary dependent measures of interest. A second purpose of the research was to determine the test-retest reliability of the testing approach. Results revealed significant differences existed between the 2 test conditions demonstrating that they were measuring different types of agility. The highly-skilled group was significantly faster in both the reactive and planned test conditions relative to the lesser-skilled group, while the moderately-skilled group was significantly faster than the lesser-skilled group in the reactive test condition. The decision time component within the reactive test condition revealed that the highly-skilled players made significantly faster decisions than the lesser-skilled players. It is reasoned that it is this decision-making component of reactive agility that contributes to the significant differences between the two test conditions. The testing approach was shown to have good test-retest reliability with an intra-class correlation of r= .83.; C1
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Relation
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 8, no. 1 (2005), p. 52-60
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Adolescents; Basketball; Movement; Reaction time; Running; Sports medicine; Task performance and analysis
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