Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2020 Jul 24;17(15):5322.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155322.

Predicting Visual-Motor Performance in a Reactive Agility Task from Selected Demographic, Training, Anthropometric, and Functional Variables in Adolescents

Marek Popowczak  1 , Jarosław Domaradzki  2 , Andrzej Rokita  1 , Michał Zwierko  3 , Teresa Zwierko  4
Affiliations

Predicting Visual-Motor Performance in a Reactive Agility Task from Selected Demographic, Training, Anthropometric, and Functional Variables in Adolescents

Marek Popowczak et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Reactive agility (RA) directly refers to athletes' visuomotor processing of the specific conditions for team sports. The aim of the study was to identify the factors among age, gender, sport discipline, time participation in a sports activity, reaction time, and visual field which could have an impact on visual-motor performance in RA tasks in young, competitive team sports players. The study included boys (n = 149) and girls (n = 157) aged 13-15 participating in basketball, volleyball and handball. Anthropometric measurements were carried out, and the Peripheral Perception (PP) test was used to evaluate the visual-motor performance under laboratory conditions. The Five-Time Shuttle Run to Gates test was used to determine the RA. A multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the relationships between the visual-motor performance in an RA task (dependent variable) and the remaining independent variables (continuous and categorical). The findings of the current study indicate that the main predictive factors of visual-motor performance in RA among young athletes are gender (ß = -0.46, p < 0.000) and age (ß = -0.30, p < 0.000). Moreover, peripheral perception positively affected the achievements in the RA task in boys (ß = -0.25, p = 0.020). The sport discipline does not differentiate the visual-motor performance in RA in team sports players in the puberty period.

Keywords: change of direction; peripheral perception; reaction; team sports.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The Five-Time Shuttle Run to Gates test.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Klostermann A., Vater C., Kredel R., Hossner E.-J. Perception and action in sports. on the functionality of foveal and peripheral vision. Front. Sports Act. Living. 2020;1:1. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2019.00066. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Williams A.M., Davids K., Williams J.G. Visual Perception and Action in Sport. E & FN Spon; London, UK: 1999.
    1. Piras A., Lobietti R., Squatrito S. Response time, visual search strategy, and anticipatory skills in volleyball players. J. Ophthalmol. 2014;2014:1–10. doi: 10.1155/2014/189268. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Zwierko T., Jedziniak W., Florkiewicz B., Stępiński M., Buryta R., Kostrzewa-Nowak D., Nowak R., Popowczak M., Woźniak J. Oculomotor dynamics in skilled soccer players: The effects of sport expertise and strenuous physical effort. Eur. J. Sport Sci. 2019;19:612–620. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1538391. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Vera J., Rodríguez R.J., Cárdenas D., Redondo B., García J.A. Visual function, performance, and processing of basketball players versus sedentary individuals. J. Sport Health Sci. 2017 doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2017.05.001. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources