Development of A new field test to assessment of anaerobic performance for team sports

Objective: The aim of this study is develop a new anaerobic field test (Modified Illinois Agility Test: Mod ICT) for team sports and investigate to reliability and reliationship with running-based anaerobic sprint test (RAST) and Wingate anaerobic power test (WAnT). Method: Fourtythree male athletes were participated (10 handball, 10 football and 9 basketball players; team sports group: TSG and middle-long distance runners; individual sports group:BSG). At first day, height and body composition was assessed and all participants went to WAnT and Mod IÇT measurements. Second testing day, RAST and repeat of Mod IÇT was performed. There was at least 24-hour between Mod ICT tests. Also all tests were executed in a week for one subject. Heart rate and blood lactate was measured after the test and 5th min of recovery. Rate of percieved exerciton (RPE) is also asked and saved after all the performance tests. Results: Physiological responses of all anaerobic tests were similar between BSG and TSG. When compared in-group there was significant difference in physiological parameters. Results of WAnT was similar of both BSG and TSG. However PG and OG parameters of RAST was significantly different between groups. The main finding of the study was the differences of completing times of new repeated agility test between BSG and TSG. The Mod ICT has good reliability cause of there is no significant difference between test-retest results of PS, TS and YI values for all groups except PS value for BSG. Bland-altman analysis showed that all parameters of Mod ICT were limits of agreement in TSG and BSG but peak time (PT) were not just for BSG. Conclusion: The present study indicate that required energy for Mod IÇT was primerly provided by anaerobic pathways. Mod IÇT is reliable and simple anaerobic field test which replicate team sports activties. Fuerther researchs required to compare a gold standart test and understand to validity of this method. Key Words: Anaerobic capacity, Wingate Anaerobic Power Test, RAST, Illinois Agility Test, Agility