Mulder, L. (Loes) (2019) The reliability and validity of a newly developed soccer-specific inhibition test. thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
A soccer game asks for quick adaptations in a constantly changing environment, therefore motor inhibition is of great importance. Motor inhibition is the ability to inhibit a motor response when needed. A soccer-specific inhibition test is desirable to measure motor inhibition in youth soccer players. This study aimed to determine the reliability and validity of a newly developed soccer-specific inhibition test (SSIT). To evaluate the reliability and validity of the SSIT eighteen elite youth soccer players (15.9 ± 0.3 years) and fifteen sub-elite youth soccer players (16.3 ± 0.6 years) participated in this study. The elite youth soccer players performed the SSIT twice to evaluate the reliability. Furthermore, all players performed the SSIT and a Stop-Signal Task (SST) to determine the validity. Outcome variables were reaction time (RT) and accuracy for go-trials and stop-trials. The stop-trials are the inhibition components of the tests. Paired samples t-tests showed good absolute reliability for RT and accuracy for the stoptrials. An Intraclass Correlation resulted in good and almost good relative reliability for RT (ICC = 0.412, p = 0.040) and accuracy (ICC = 0.388, p = 0.051) at go-trials. Results for the concurrent validity showed only one moderate to large correlation between the SSIT and SST for accuracy at go-trials (r = 0.422; p = 0.014). The construct validity was good for the RT (t = 2.104, p < 0.05) and accuracy (t = 2.150, p < 0.05) at stop-trials. The elite youth soccer players had higher RTs and higher accuracy in the stop-trials, indicating better performance than the sub-elite youth soccer players. When correcting for age and training hours these differences disappeared. In conclusion, this study partly confirmed the reliability and validity of the SSIT. Future research with more participants and little adjustments to the SSIT is needed to give a clear view of the reliability and validity of the SSIT. Keywords: Executive functions, inhibitory control, motor inhibition, elite and sub-elite youth soccer players, level of performance, age.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huijgen, dr. B.C.H. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2022 10:23 |
| Last Modified: | 23 May 2022 10:23 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3422 |
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