Investigation Of The Relationship Between Reactive Strength And Speed, Change Of Direction, Agility And Reaction Time In Rugby Players

Abstract

Rugby is a team sport in which physical competition is dominant and motoric attributes such as speed, agility, strength and reaction as well as movement speed, decision time and reaction accuracy are emphasized. Based on the idea that reactive strength may be important for performance considering the characteristics of rugby, the present study aims to investigate the correlations between reactive strength and speed, change of direction, agility and reaction time. A total of 15 male rugby players with a mean age of 17.07±1.71 years, a mean height of 176.67±7.63 cm, a mean body weight of 76.67±16.22 kg and a mean sports age of 2.86 years participated in the study. Drop jump test (DJ), countermovement jump test (CMJ), 30 m sprint test, 505 test and Illionis test were applied to the subjects. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS 26.0. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Test was used to determine the correlations between the variables. The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between reactive strength and hand simple correct reaction rate, but there was no significant relationship between reactive strength values and values of sprint, change of direction and agility (p<0.05).