Test 3

Question 1

What is agility?

Answer 1

A rapid whole body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus

Question 2

How is agility related to SPEED factors?

Answer 2

A distinct physical quality compared to agility

Question 3

How is agility related to STRENGTH factors?

Answer 3

Leg strength, bilateral reactive strength, unilateral muscle strength

Question 4

How is agility related to COGNITIVE factors?

Answer 4

Ability to use cues earlier in skill execution to anticipate opponent’s movement

Question 5

505 Test (Agility)

Answer 5

(+): most valid test, highest correlation in turning phase (-): did not correlate highly with velocity, requires expensive equipment, no stimulus present

Question 6

Illinois Agility Test (Agility)

Answer 6

(+): considered standard test, correlated strongly with top speed, doesn’t require expensive equipment (-): less valid than 505 test, no stimulus present

Question 7

Reactive Agility Test (Agility)

Answer 7

(+): stimulus present, able to test cognitive aspect (-): sport-specific, expensive equipment, stimulus displayed in a 2D format

Question 8

Basic idea of Illinois Agility Test

Answer 8

Navigate a course as quickly as possible that requires an individual to make sharp turns and weave

Question 9

What has to be considered to produce valid and reliable test results for the Illinois Agility Test?

Answer 9

Validity: monitors the effect of training on an athlete’s physical development Reliability: dependent on how strict test is conducted and individual’s level of motivation

Question 10

What is health-related quality of life?

Answer 10

A multi-dimensional concept that includes domains related to physical, emotional, and social functions; focuses on the impact health has on quality of life

Question 11

How can health-related quality of life be assessed?

Answer 11

The Healthy Days Measures Short Form-36

Question 12

Scales of the SF-36

Answer 12

Vitality Physical functioning Bodily pain General health precautions Physical role functioning Emotional role functioning Social role functioning Mental health

Question 13

How is the SF-36 administered and what must be considered during the scoring process?

Answer 13

Patient-reported survey Items are scored so that a high score defines a more favorable health state

Question 14

What is salutogenesis?

Answer 14

A stress resource orientated concept which focuses on resources that maintains and improves the movement towards health

Question 15

What is the background of salutogenesis?

Answer 15

Antonovsky: found how specific personal dispositions serve to make individuals more resilient to the stressors of daily life Characteristics that help an individual cope and remain healthy (GRR & SOC)

Question 16

What is the ease-disease continuum?

Answer 16

A stressor causes a state of tension, which can either be pathogenic or have neutral or even healthy consequences

Question 17

What role does the ease-disease continuum play withing salutogenesis?

Answer 17

How we react to the stressor through our GRRs determines our SOC and resilience

Question 18

What generates health in light of the salutogenic theory?

Answer 18

Generalized resistance resources (GRRs)

Question 19

What is the sense of coherence?

Answer 19

When a person has a pervasive, enduring though dynamic, feeling of confidence that one’s environment is predictable and that everything will work out as well as can reasonably be expected

Question 20

How is the SOC-Score calculated?

Answer 20

Calculated using three components - comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness

Question 21

What is represneted by higher or lower SOC-scores?

Answer 21

Higher = better Lower = worse

Question 22

What is the basic idea of linear correlation?

Answer 22

The degree to which a straight line best describes the relationship between two variables

Question 23

Examples of linear correlation

Answer 23

• Athletic participation & academic achievement - High level of fitness & earning higher academic grades

Question 24

What is a scatter diagram?

Answer 24

Used to determine correlation of data

Question 25

How to interpret a scatter diagram

Answer 25

Positive: data heights increase Negative: data heights decrease No correlation: no relationship between variables

Question 26

What statistical measure for linear correlation are available?

Answer 26

• Spearman Rank-Difference Correlation Coefficient - Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient

Question 27

What to consider when interpreting correlation

Answer 27

• Do it with caution - High correlation doesn’t indicate that one variable causes something to happen to another - Purpose of correlation must be considered

Question 28

What is the basic idea of a t-test?

Answer 28

Used when an individual seeks to determine the difference in performance and results of various groups

Question 29

Examples of when t-tests are used

Answer 29

• Males vs. females - Athletes vs. non-athletes - Smokers vs. non-smokers

Question 30

What is the idea of a t-test for independent groups?

Answer 30

Comes from the same population or background; used to determine the significance between two independent result averages

Question 31

What is the idea of a t-test for dependent groups?

Answer 31

Random sample from a normal population

Question 32

What are the differences between these two approaches?

Answer 32

Compares only one test instead of two, eliminating the need for the equal variances assumption