DYNAMIC STABILITY AS MEASURED BY TIME TO STABILIZATION DOES NOT RELATE TO CHANGE-OF-DIRECTION SPEED

Robert George Lockie, Samuel Callaghan, Matthew Jeffriess, Tawni Luczo

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First page
179
Last page
191

Abstract


Numerous physical capacities have been said to contribute to change-of-direction speed (CODS), including technique, strength, power, and dynamic stability. Out of these capacities, the relationship dynamic stability has with CODS has received very little analysis in the literature. Therefore, this study analyzed whether time to stabilization (TTS) as a dynamic stability assessment could differentiate between faster (n = 13) and slower (n = 13) recreational male team sport athletes in the 505 CODS test, and the modified T-test. TTS was measured via a force plate as the duration for the vertical force component to reach and stay within 5% of the participant’s body weight following a unilateral vertical jump landing for each leg. Between-leg TTS differences were also derived. A one-way analysis of variance (p < 0.05) determined significant differences in TTS and the CODS tests; effect sizes (d) were also calculated. Pearson’s correlations (p < 0.05) were calculated from the pooled data (N = 26) in order to ascertain relationships between TTS, and 505 and modified T-test performance. Results indicated the faster group were quicker in all CODS tests (p ≤ 0.001-0.042; d = 0.85-2.84). There were no differences in TTS (p = 0.071-0.961). Additionally, there were no significant correlations between TTS and the CODS tests (p = 0.138-0.963). TTS does not differentiate between athletes with faster or slower CODS, nor does it correlate with 505 and modified T-test performance. Coaches wishing to assess dynamic stability relating to team sport-specific performance should use a different test for their athletes.


Keywords

Dynamic stability, agility, cutting, multidirectional speed, unilateral jump landing

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