An evaluation of a new test of reactive agility and its relationship to sprint speed and change of direction speed

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-349

  Sheppard, J M ^a,b,c   Young, W B ^b   Doyle, T L A ^c   Sheppard, T A ^b,c   Newton, R U ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change of direction; Reliability; Speed; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGILITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REACTIVE AGILITY TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33746086669     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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