Designing and Validating a New Agility Test for Basketball

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

2 Department of Sport Science, North Tehran Branch,Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Sport Science, North Tehran Branch,Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

Abstract

Background &Purpose: A perfect test in a particular sport is designed based on the specific motor and physiological needs involved in that sport. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of a newly-designed agility test for basketball.
Methodology:The participants of the study involved 65 female basketball players from non-elite players and 105 from elite players. The designed test included various movements with and without the ball in the longitudinal range of the basketball court performed in both open and closed models. The standardized test for evaluating agility was the T test.
Results:The results showed that, regardless of skill levels, there was a significant relationship between the participants’ performance on the designed test in both open and closed models and the T test (r > 0.8, p < .05); this correlation was higher among elite players (r > 0.9). Regardless of skill levels, the intraclass correlation (reliability) between the two performances of the newly-designed agility test in both open and closed models was high and significant (r > 0.9, p < .05). In addition, the designed test in both open and closed models could better evaluate agility when compared with the T test (p < .05).
Conclusion:It could be concluded that the agility test designed for basketball was a valid and reliable alternative to the T test in both open and close models and could better differentiate skill levels among female basketball players.

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