Volume : 2, Issue : 9, September - 2013
Relliability of The Tests of Maximal Kicking Performance in Youth Croatian Soccer Players
Dr. Sc. Zoran Grgantov, Ante Rada, Dr. Sc. Marko Erceg, Hrvoje Kujundzic, Mirjana Milic,
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The basic aim of this research was to analyse the reliability of 8 tests for evaluation of kicked soccer ball velocity. The research was conducted on the sample of 42 (15.7±1.5 years) youth soccer players who kicked the ball without and after dribbling. All the kicks were performed with dominant and non–dominant leg. The kick speed was evaluated by pocket radar. The values of the Cronbach alpha (CA) and Spearman–Brown (SB) reliability coefficients were higher than 0.80 in all the tests. Somewhat lower values of Inter–item correlation (IIC) were reported in tests performed with a dominant leg. The variance analysis showed a systematic error (the learning effect) only in first test, indicating a need of performing a greater number of trials before the real test. It can be concluded that kicked soccer ball velocity tests in which the pocket radar was applied had good metric characteristics.
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Dr. Sc. Zoran Grgantov, Ante Rada, mag.kin, Dr. Sc. Marko Erceg, Hrvoje Kujundzic, mag. kin, Mirjana Milic, prof / Relliability of The Tests of Maximal Kicking Performance in Youth Croatian Soccer Players / Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol:2, Iss