Improvement of reaction time through the one semester course of table tennis for nonathlete students

VACENOVSKÝ, Pavel and Tomáš VENCÚRIK. Improvement of reaction time through the one semester course of table tennis for nonathlete students. Online. In Zuzana Sajdlová, Martin Zvonař. Sport and Quality of Life 2013. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, p. 200-207. ISBN 978-80-210-6640-3.

Basic information

• Original name: Improvement of reaction time through the one semester course of table tennis for nonathlete students
• Authors: VACENOVSKÝ, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš VENCÚRIK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Brno, Sport and Quality of Life 2013, p. 200-207, 8 pp. 2013.
• Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: Sport and leisure time activities
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: electronic version available online
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14510/13:00072789
• Organization unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• ISBN: 978-80-210-6640-3
• UT WoS: 000360937000022
• Keywords in English: Reaction time; Table ; non-athlete students; FiTRO Agility Check
• Tags: PS14-d031, rivok

Abstract

The Aim of the this research is to compare reaction time of students non-athletes in modified Agility test for Table Tennis after one semester course of Table Tennis. Thirty three men participated in our study (average 21.8 years, 178.2 cm, 77.1 kg), one group of eighteen students in autumn, another group of fifteen students in spring. We used modified Agility test for Table Tennis using Fitro Agility Check at the beginning of the semester (pre-test) and at the end of the semester (post-test) and compared dates. We have not proved statistically significant improvement of reaction time after one semester course of Table Tennis, although most of the students had improved. Average reaction time was 2.33 % better after one semester (1.76% when using hands, 2.85 % when using feet). We believe that course of Table Tennis is good choice for students, if they want to improve their reaction time, even we can not to prove it statistically.