The development of a test of reactive agility for netball: a new methodology

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Farrow, Damian, Young, W and Bruce, Lyndell (2005) The development of a test of reactive agility for netball: a new methodology. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 8 (1). pp. 52-60. 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.

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Online ISSN: 1878-1861

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/8123
DOI 10.1016/S1440-2440(05)80024-6
Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1440-2440(05)80024-6
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Sport and Exercise Science
Historical > FOR Classification > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science
Keywords ResPubID22174. reactive agility, performance, netball, agility testing
Citations in Scopus 131 - View on Scopus
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