Construct Validity and Reliability of a New Basketball Multidirectional Reactive Repeated Sprint Test

Seifeddine Brini; Daniel Boullosa; Julio Calleja-González; Anne Delextrat

doi:10.3390/ijerph182010695

Construct Validity and Reliability of a New Basketball Multidirectional Reactive Repeated Sprint Test

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 12;18(20):10695. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010695.

Authors

Seifeddine Brini^{1

2}, Daniel Boullosa^{3

4}, Julio Calleja-González⁵, Anne Delextrat⁶

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef 7100, Tunisia.
² Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Zarzouna, Bizerte 7021, Tunisia.
³ Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande 79070-900, Brazil.
⁴ College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia.
⁵ Physical Education and Sport Department, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
⁶ Department of Sport and Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the construct validity and reliability of a new reactive multidirectional repeated sprinting test (RRSA_5COD) in basketball players. Forty male basketball players were divided into two groups: Professional (PRO; n = 20) and Semi-professional (SEMI; n = 20). Participants completed the yo-yo intermittent recovery test level 1 (Yo-YoIR1), the squat jump (SJ), the counter movement jump (CMJ), the single leg drop jump (DJ), the 20-m sprint test, the planed multidirectional repeated sprinting test (PRSA_5COD), and the RRSA_5COD test. Reaction time (RT) and movement time (MT), total time (TT), best time (BT), and fatigue index (FI) were assessed. Heart rate (HR) was continuously recorded, while rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and blood lactate concentration (LA) were measured post-tests. The reliability of the RRSA_5COD test was also assessed between two attempts with one week between them. The RRSA_5COD results demonstrated to be reliable with most of the variables showing ICC > 0.80. BA Bonferroni post hoc revealed a significant better TT in favor of RRSA_5COD (p < 0.001; ES = 0.15; small), and in favor of PRO (p < 0.001; ES = 0.006; small). The result showed a significant better performance in favor of PRO in all physical fitness tests. In conclusion, it was found that the RRSA_5COD discriminates between professional and semi-professional male basketball players, and the results were demonstrated to be reliable.

Keywords: agility; fatigue; performance; shuttle running; team sport.

MeSH terms

Athletic Performance*
Basketball*
Exercise
Exercise Test
Humans
Male
Physical Fitness
Reproducibility of Results