Women's team sports: dexterity test criteria

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PhD, Associate Professor N.V. Lutkova1
Dr. Hab., Professor Y.M. Makarov1
M.V. Murasheva2
1Lesgaft National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health, St. Petersburg
2Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg

Objective of the study was to develop a set of dexterity test criteria for junior (17-18 year-olds’) women’s team sports.
Methods and structure of the study. The dexterity test system for competitive and training process was designed using the following tests in standard conditions: 7m eyes-open straight walk test, s; 30m high-start sprint, s; and standing long jump, cm. Dexterity in extraordinary conditions was rated by the following tests: 7m eyes-closed straight walk test, s; 3x10m shuttle sprint, s; and back-forward standing long jump test, cm. We sampled for the study the 17-18 year-old female students (n=115) from the team sports groups of Saint Petersburg Mining University’s Physical Education Department; and their peers (n=30) from the team sports groups of Lesgaft National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health. The study was designed to first rate the SC/ EC-specific dexterity of the sample; and second to run the competitive/ training dexterity tests using the selected set of criteria.
Results and conclusions. The dexterity test data analysis versus the test benchmarks showed the sprint and standing long jump test data of Lesgaft National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health sample being higher than the benchmarks, i.e. the age averages; and the straight walk test data matching the average. Our analysis of the test data arrays showed that the physical fitness test benchmarks found in stage one of the study may be applied for the 17-18 year-old team sporting women’s dexterity test purposes on an individual and group basis. We recommend using the test benchmarks found by the study for the skills-specific dexterity rating tests in this age group.

Keywords: dexterity, standard conditions, extraordinary conditions, rating conditions, female athletes, team sports.

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