TY - JOUR
TI - Evaluation of ball passing and space detection skill in soccer: implementation of two new soccer tests
AU - Bekris, E.
AU - Kounalakis, S.
AU - Ispirlidis, I.
AU - Katis, A.
JO - Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal
PY - 2020
VL - null
TODO - null
SP - 518-528
PB - Bellwether Publishing, Ltd.
SN - 1543-8627, 1543-8635
TODO - 10.1080/15438627.2020.1789133
TODO - adult;  article;  human;  limit of agreement;  reliability;  skill;  soccer;  validity;  visual memory;  visual stimulation;  adolescent;  child;  depth perception;  exercise test;  male;  motor performance;  physiology;  procedures;  psychology;  reproducibility;  soccer, Adolescent;  Adult;  Child;  Exercise Test;  Humans;  Male;  Motor Skills;  Reproducibility of Results;  Soccer;  Space Perception
TODO - The present study examined the validity and reliability of two new soccer tests: the Passing Accuracy Test (PAT), which assesses ball passing accuracy in combination with visual stimulus recognition and the Passing and Visual Recognition test (PVR), which assesses player’s space detection skill in a 360 degrees range along with the frequency and the accuracy of ball passing technique. Participants were allocated in four (4) groups based on their age: the Under 11 (U11) group consisted of 101 players, the Under 14 (U14) group consisted of 100 players, the Under 17 (U17) group consisted of 118 players and the Adults (AD) group consisted of 43 players. The typical error, the limits of agreement and the ICC of PAT and PVR test were examined. The results of the study showed high validity and reliability for both tests with the exception in PAT for adult group (ICC = 0.33–0.83; P < 0.05). Therefore, both tests could be valuable tools to assess the accuracy of ball passing technique and the space detection skill in players of different ages. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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