- Title
- Planned and reactive agility performance in semiprofessional and amateur basketball players
- Creator
- Lockie, Robert G.; Jeffriess, Matthew D.; McGann, Tye S.; Callaghan, Samuel J.; Schultz, Adrian B.
- Relation
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Vol. 9, Issue 5, p. 766-771
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/IJSPP.2013-0324
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Context: Research indicates that planned and reactive agility are different athletic skills. These skills have not been adequately assessed in male basketball players. Purpose: To define whether 10-m-sprint performance and planned and reactive agility measured by the Y-shaped agility test can discriminate between semiprofessional and amateur basketball players. Methods: Ten semiprofessional and 10 amateur basketball players completed 10-m sprints and planned- and reactive-agility tests. The Y-shaped agility test involved subjects sprinting 5 m through a trigger timing gate, followed by a 45° cut and 5-m sprint to the left or right through a target gate. In the planned condition, subjects knew the cut direction. For reactive trials, subjects visually scanned to find the illuminated gate. A 1-way analysis of variance (P < .05) determined between-groups differences. Data were pooled (N = 20) for a correlation analysis (P < .05). Results: The reactive tests differentiated between the groups; semiprofessional players were 6% faster for the reactive left (P = .036) and right (P = .029) cuts. The strongest correlations were between the 10-m sprints and planned-agility tests (r = .590-.860). The reactive left cut did not correlate with the planned tests. The reactive right cut moderately correlated with the 10-m sprint and planned right cut (r = .487-.485). Conclusions: The results reemphasized that planned and reactive agility are separate physical qualities. Reactive agility discriminated between the semiprofessional and amateur basketball players; planned agility did not. To distinguish between male basketball players of different ability levels, agility tests should include a perceptual and decision-making component.
- Subject
- change-of-direction speed; visual perception; decision making; Y-shaped agility test; court sports
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1063738
- Identifier
- uon:17383
- Identifier
- ISSN:1555-0265
- Language
- eng
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