Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach
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| author | Matthew Chiwaridzo Cathrine Tadyanemhandu Nonhlanhla S. Mkumbuzi Jermaine M Dambi Gillian D Ferguson Bouwien CM Smits-Engelsman |
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| spelling | ir-11408-55222023-04-05T07:15:11Z Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach Matthew Chiwaridzo Cathrine Tadyanemhandu Nonhlanhla S. Mkumbuzi Jermaine M Dambi Gillian D Ferguson Bouwien CM Smits-Engelsman University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Midlands State University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Physiotherapy Department, Gweru, Zimbabwe University of Cape Town, Health Through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sports Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, Cape Town, South Africa University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, Rehabilitation Unit, Harare, Zimbabwe, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Cape Town, South Africa University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Cape Town, South Africa intraclass correlation reproducibility rugby union Under 19 Zimbabwe Africa Abstract Background: Schoolboy rugby is a popular sport which forms the bedrock of rugby development in many African countries, including Zimbabwe. With burgeoning talent identification programmes, the development of multi-dimensional, logically- validated, and reliable test batteries is essential to inform the objective selection of potentially talented young rugby athletes. Objectives: This study sought evidence on the absolute and relative test-retest reliability of the component test items in the newly-assembled SCRuM test battery. Methods: Utilising a pragmatic test-retest experimental design, a sample of 41 Under-19 schoolboy players playing competitive rugby in the elite Super Eight Schools Rugby League in Harare, Zimbabwe, participated in the study. Results: Physiological and game-specific skills tests which showed good to excellent relative reliability and acceptable absolute reliability, included: 20 m and 40 m speed, L-run, Vertical Jump (VJ), 60 s Push-Up, 2 kg Medicine Ball Chest Throw test (2 kg MBCT), Wall Sit Leg Strength test (WSLS), Repeated High Intensity Exercise test (RHIE), One Repetition Maximum Back Squat (1-RM BS) and Bench Press tests (1-RM BP), Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 test (Yo-Yo IRT L1), Tackling Proficiency test, Passing Ability Skill test and Running and Catching Ability skill test. Conclusion: All these tests are reliable and warrant inclusion in the SCRuM test battery for possible profiling of U19 schoolboy rugby players during the ‘in-season’ phase provided there is adequate participant familiarisation and test standardisation. The test-retest ICCs and measurement errors are generalisable to other young athletes in this population, making the tests useful for the evaluation of training and developmental effects of the measured constructs. 33 1 1 7 2023-04-05T07:15:10Z 2023-04-05T07:15:10Z 2021 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5522 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a12220 en South African Journal of Sports Medicine 2078-516X open South African Sports Medicine Association |
| spellingShingle | intraclass correlation reproducibility rugby union Under 19 Zimbabwe Africa Matthew Chiwaridzo Cathrine Tadyanemhandu Nonhlanhla S. Mkumbuzi Jermaine M Dambi Gillian D Ferguson Bouwien CM Smits-Engelsman Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| title | Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| title_full | Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| title_fullStr | Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| title_short | Absolute and relative reliability of SCRuM test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: A pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| title_sort | absolute and relative reliability of scrum test battery components assembled for schoolboy rugby players playing competitive rugby in low-resource settings: a pragmatic in-season test-retest approach |
| topic | intraclass correlation reproducibility rugby union Under 19 Zimbabwe Africa |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5522 |
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