James W Forster Author

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Advancing the Diagnostic Value of the Pro-agility Test

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James W Forster, Aaron M Uthoff, Michael C Rumpf and John B Cronin

The pro-agility shuttle is commonly used by practitioners to assess Change of Direction (COD) performance in athletes. The metric of total time is influenced by accelerative and declarative ability and makes “true” COD ability difficult to quantify. The aim of this study was to determine whether an advanced diagnostic protocol, with three timing lights, could be used to reliably measure different components of pro-agility shuttle performance. The traditional set-up was adapted, and additional timing lights were placed 2.28 m from each COD line, enabling different phases of COD performance to be quantified. Ten participants (age: 16.1 ± 0.32 y, height: 1.81 ± 0.11 m, body mass: 76.6 ± 18.04 kg) completed three sessions, consisting of three trials, separat... view more»

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