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Between-day reliability and usefulness of a fitness testing battery in youth sport athletes: Reference data for practitioners
Sawczuk, Thomas Jones, Ben Scantlebury, Sean Weakley, Jonathon Read, Dale B. Costello, Nessan Darrall-Jones, Joshua David Stokes, Keith A. Till, Kevin
Sawczuk, Thomas
Jones, Ben
Scantlebury, Sean
Weakley, Jonathon
Read, Dale B.
Costello, Nessan
Darrall-Jones, Joshua David
Stokes, Keith A.
Till, Kevin
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the between-day reliability and usefulness of a fitness testing battery in a group of youth sport athletes. Fifty-nine youth sport athletes (age = 17.3 ± 0.7 years) undertook a fitness testing battery including the isometric mid-thigh pull, counter-movement jump, 5–40 m sprint splits, and the 5–0-5 change of direction test on two occasions separated by 7 days. Usefulness was assessed by comparing the reliability (typical error) to the smallest worthwhile change. The typical error was 5.5% for isometric mid-thigh pull and 3.8% for counter-movement jump. The typical error values were 2.7, 2.5, 2.2, 2.2, and 1.8% for the 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 m sprint splits, and 4.1% (left) and 5.4% (right) for the 5–0-5 tests. The smallest worthwhile change ranged from 1.1 to 6.1%. All tests were identified as having “good” or “acceptable” reliability. The isometric mid-thigh pull and counter-movement jump had “good” usefulness, all other tests had “marginal” usefulness.
Keywords
fitness testing, power, reliability, speed, strength, usefulness
Date
2018
Type
Journal article
Journal
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
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Volume
22
Issue
1
Page Range
11-18
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ACU Department
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Controlled