Reliability and Validity of a Novel Reactive Agility Test with Soccer Goalkeeper-Specific Movements.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to develop a reactive agility test with soccer goalkeeper (GK)-specific movements (G-RAT) and to examine the reliability and validity of college-aged GKs. We designed a five-branch star-shaped course with diving and ball-catching movements under reactive conditions. In the setup, a start-goal line was set on the top of a branch and 3.5 m away from the center of the star-shaped setting. Content validity was assessed by six experts, and the item-content validity index (I-CVI) was calculated. Thirty-three male GKs performed the test trial twice. One test trial of G-RAT consists of three shuttles from the start-goal line to diving and ball-catching. For the reactive condition, GKs were instructed on which ball directions should dive when their body trunk reached 1

SUBMITTER: Abe Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9692244 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature