Assessing the reliability and validity of agility testing in team sports: a systematic review
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Morral Yepes, M., Moras Feliu, G., Bishop, C. and Gonzalo-Skok, O. 2020. Assessing the reliability and validity of agility testing in team sports: a systematic review. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000003753
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Title | Assessing the reliability and validity of agility testing in team sports: a systematic review |
Authors | Morral Yepes, M., Moras Feliu, G., Bishop, C. and Gonzalo-Skok, O. |
Abstract | The aims of this systematic review were to: 1) examine the reliability of the reactive agility tests and, 2) analyse the discriminatory validity of the agility tests. A literature search was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). We explored PubMed, SPORTDiscus and Cochrane Plus databases looking for articles about agility in team sports. After filtering for article relevance, only 42 studies met the inclusion criteria; 37 of which assessed the reliability of agility tests and 22 assessing their validity. Reliability showed a high ICC in almost all studies (range 0.79-0.99) with the exception of two studies. In addition, other studies also assessed the reliability of decision time (ICC=0.95), movement time (ICC=0.92) and decision accuracy (ICC=0.74-0.93), all of which exhibited acceptable reliability. Furthermore, these data show high discriminatory validity, with higher performance players being faster than lower performance level players (mean = 6.4%, range = 2.1-25.3%), with a faster decision time (mean = 23.2%, range = 10.2-48.0%) with the exception of one study, and better decision accuracy (mean = 9.3%, range = 2.5-21.0%). Thus, it can be concluded that reactive agility tests show good reliability and discriminatory validity. However, most agility tests occur in simple contexts whereby only two possible responses are possible. Therefore, future research should consider creating more specific and complex environments which challenge the cognitive process of high-level athletes. |
Research Group | Strength and Conditioning at the London Sport Institute |
Publisher | Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins |
Journal | The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research |
ISSN | 1064-8011 |
Electronic | 1533-4287 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 03 Sep 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 Jun 2020 |
Submitted | 10 Feb 2020 |
Accepted | 05 Jun 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Copyright Statement | This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in: Morral-Yepes, Mónica; Moras, Gerard; Bishop, Chris; Gonzalo-Skok, Oliver Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Agility Testing in Team Sports, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research: September 03, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003753 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000003753 |
Language | English |
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