Jeremy M. Sheppard

TL;DR: A new definition of agility is proposed: “a rapid whole-body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus”, which has relationships with trainable physical qualities such as strength, power and technique, as well as cognitive components such as visual-scanning techniques, visual- scanning speed and anticipation.

TL;DR: It is the intention that this framework be widely implemented to systematically classify participants in research featuring exercise, sport, performance, health, and/or fitness outcomes going forward, providing the much-needed uniformity to classification practices.

TL;DR: The findings question the validity of preplanned change of direction speed tests for discriminating higher and lesser skilled rugby league players, while also highlighting the contribution of perceptual skill to agility in these athletes.

TL;DR: The RAT is an acceptably reliable test when considering both test-retest reliability, as well as inter-rater reliability, while the 10mSS and CODST were not, suggesting that traditional closed skill sprint and sprint with direction change tests may not adequately distinguish between players of different levels of competition in Australian football.

TL;DR: The results of this study clearly demonstrate that in an elite population of volleyball players, stretch-shortening cycle performance and the ability to tolerate high stretch loads, as in the depth jump, is critical to performance in the jumps associated with volleyball performance.