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<bold>Introduction.</bold> This was a cross-sectional study aiming to test the reliability of a new reactive agility test designed for youth volleyball players to improve both reaction time and hand-eye coordination.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> Twenty-four youth volleyball athletes (15 girls and 9 boys) were recruited to participate in this study (age: 11.58 ± 2.20 years old). This study used a FitLight Trainer (FITLIGHT Sport Corp., Ontario, Canada), a wireless system using interconnected light-powered sensors, to measure reaction time and hand-eye coordination. The subjects performed the hand-eye coordination test twice, exactly one week apart, for 30 seconds, with three trials performed for each test. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to test the variation of the six trials performed during the two sessions.
<bold>Results.</bold> The analysis comparing the sessions revealed significantly longer reaction time in session 1 than in session 2 (mean difference: 47.85 [95% CI: 10.86 to 84.84]; p &lt; 0.012; ES = 0.128). Across the different trials, the greatest single ICC measure (ICC = 0.645) and average ICC measure (ICC = 0.784) were achieved in trial 3. Across the sessions, the greatest single ICC measure (ICC = 0.951) and average ICC measure (ICC = 0.863) were achieved in session 2.
<bold>Conclusions</bold>. FitLight Trainer is a valid and reliable tool for developing reaction times of youth volleyball athletes.
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Introduction. This was a cross-sectional study aiming to test the reliability of a new reactive agility test designed for youth volleyball players to improve both reaction time and hand-eye coordination.
Material and methods. Twenty-four youth volleyball athletes (15 girls and 9 boys) were recruited to participate in this study (age: 11.58 ± 2.20 years old). This study used a FitLight Trainer (FITLIGHT Sport Corp., Ontario, Canada), a wireless system using interconnected light-powered sensors, to measure reaction time and hand-eye coordination. The subjects performed the hand-eye coordination test twice, exactly one week apart, for 30 seconds, with three trials performed for each test. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to test the variation of the six trials performed during the two sessions.
Results. The analysis comparing the sessions revealed significantly longer reaction time in session 1 than in session 2 (mean difference: 47.85 [95% CI: 10.86 to 84.84]; p < 0.012; ES = 0.128). Across the different trials, the greatest single ICC measure (ICC = 0.645) and average ICC measure (ICC = 0.784) were achieved in trial 3. Across the sessions, the greatest single ICC measure (ICC = 0.951) and average ICC measure (ICC = 0.863) were achieved in session 2.
Conclusions. FitLight Trainer is a valid and reliable tool for developing reaction times of youth volleyball athletes.

Reliability of a Reactive Agility Test for Youth Volleyball Players

Department of Physical Education and Sport, UPV-EHU

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. This was a cross-sectional study aiming to test the reliability of a new reactive agility test designed for youth volleyball players to improve...

Reliability of a Reactive Agility Test for Youth Volleyball Players

Publié en ligne: 29 mai 2021

Pages: 8 - 12

Reçu: 24 mars 2021

Accepté: 02 avr. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjst-2021-0002

Mots clés
reproducibility, reactive agility, precision, light stimulus

© 2021 Ricardo Lima et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Reliability of a Reactive Agility Test for Youth Volleyball Players

Publié en ligne: 29 mai 2021

Pages: 8 - 12

Reçu: 24 mars 2021

Accepté: 02 avr. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjst-2021-0002

Mots clésreproducibility, reactive agility, precision, light stimulus

© 2021 Ricardo Lima et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
reproducibility, reactive agility, precision, light stimulus