Examining the Reaction Times of International Level Badminton Players Under 15
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Place and Time of Measurement
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
- Bulgarian players and Macedonian players for bodyweight,
- Bulgarian players and Turkish/Serbian players for BMI,
- Turkish and Bulgarian players for dominant hand visual reactions,
- Turkish players and Bulgarian players for non-dominant hand visual reactions,
- Serbian players and Bulgarian/Azeri players for non-dominant hand visual reactions,
- Turkish/Serbian/Macedonian players and Bulgarian players for non-dominant hand auditory reactions,
- Serbian players and Azeri players for non-dominant hand auditory reactions.
- Serbian players and Bulgarian players for dominant hand visual reactions,
- Turkish/Serbian players and Bulgarian players for non-dominant hand visual reactions,
- Serbian players and Bulgarian players for dominant hand auditory reactions.
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Gender | n | TURKEY | AZERBAIJAN | BULGARIA | MACEDONIA | SERBIA | GEORGIA |
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Age | F | 4 | 14.40 ± 0.29 | 14.68 ± 0.22 | 14.58 ± 0.26 | 14.2 ± 0.43 | 14.43 ± 0.28 | 14.43 ± 0.38 |
M | 4 | 14.50 ± 0.22 | 14.33 ± 0.30 | 14.48 ± 0.40 | 14.28 ± 0.33 | 14.43 ± 0.30 | 14.30 ± 0.22 | |
Height | F | 4 | 171.0 ± 5.35 | 165.75 ± 3.50 | 165.75 ± 5.97 | 160.0 ± 6.38 | 167.25 ± 7.63 | 167.75 ± 4.03 |
M | 4 | 175.25 ± 2.50 | 167.25 ± 5.62 | 167.25 ± 8.85 | 169.0 ± 5.48 | 170.0 ± 3.56 | 167.50 ± 2.50 | |
Weight | F | 4 | 52.25 ± 7.59 | 55.90 ± 4.44 | 61.75 ± 4.65 | 49.63 ± 2.06 | 51.25 ± 4.65 | 54.50 ± 3.98 |
M | 4 | 61.25 ± 2.75 | 58.38 ± 4.04 | 56.75 ± 7.18 | 63.50 ± 5.0 | 55.25 ± 2.50 | 61.33 ± 3.62 | |
BMI | F | 4 | 17.81 ± 1.93 | 20.33 ± 1.07 | 22.47 ± 1.12 | 19.41 ± 0.86 | 18.35 ± 1.72 | 19.87 ± 1.78 |
M | 4 | 19.96 ± 1.21 | 20.87 ± 1.16 | 20.23 ± 1.11 | 22.26 ± 1.85 | 19.16 ± 1.54 | 21.85 ± 0.88 | |
Visual reaction dominant hand | F | 4 | 230.25 ± 8.38 | 309.75 ± 25.89 | 326.75 ± 20.11 | 294.75 ± 20.32 | 261.75 ± 29.02 | 303.75 ± 20.89 |
M | 4 | 228.25 ± 13.87 | 284.50 ± 33.93 | 300.50 ± 35.52 | 268.0 ± 25.81 | 224.0 ± 23.93 | 276.75 ± 25.83 | |
Visual reaction non-dominant hand | F | 4 | 320.25 ± 14.57 | 354.75 ± 9.74 | 356.0 ± 6.16 | 340.0 ± 9.42 | 306.0 ± 27.26 | 342.50 ± 9.26 |
M | 4 | 293.50 ± 11.09 | 323.0 ± 12.25 | 352.0 ± 10.86 | 312.0 ± 11.86 | 271.25 ± 21.38 | 320.0 ± 7.48 | |
Auditory reaction dominant hand | F | 4 | 296.75 ± 20.11 | 317.25 ± 23.54 | 319.75 ± 18.63 | 307.50 ± 20.24 | 287.0 ± 23.74 | 319.50 ± 18.81 |
M | 4 | 271.0 ± 28.72 | 314.25 ± 24.87 | 329.25 ± 16.60 | 299.0 ± 20.94 | 260.50 ± 33.32 | 312.50 ± 17.71 | |
Auditory reaction non-dominant hand | F | 4 | 312.25 ± 20.32 | 338.0 ± 17.57 | 347.25 ± 18.61 | 321.0 ± 11.63 | 305.50 ± 23.02 | 330.25 ± 9.67 |
M | 4 | 286.50 ± 23.45 | 309.75 ± 21.20 | 316.50 ± 21.46 | 300.25 ± 13.30 | 282.50 ± 26.94 | 307.50 ± 11.68 |
Parameters | Country | n | Mean Rank | df | p | Difference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 11.00 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 17.50 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 15.13 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 7.88 | 5 | 0.468 | ||
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 11.63 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 11.88 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Height | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 18.63 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 11.63 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 12.75 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 6.00 | 5 | 0.245 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 14.00 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 12.00 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Weight | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 11.38 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 15.38 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 20.88 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 5.25 | 5 | 0.041 * | M < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 9.00 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 13.13 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
BMI | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 6.00 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 14.75 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 22.00 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 11.75 | 5 | 0.021 * | T < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 7.25 | S < B | |||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 13.25 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Visual reaction dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 3.25 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 16.63 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 19.75 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 13.00 | 5 | 0.010 * | T < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 7.25 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 15.13 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Visual reaction non-dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 5.75 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 19.25 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 20.50 | T < B | |||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 11.63 | 5 | 0.003 * | S < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 4.25 | S < A | |||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 13.63 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Auditory reaction dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 9.38 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 14.75 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 16.13 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 11.00 | 5 | 0.297 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 7.13 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 16.63 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Auditory reaction non-dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 8.25 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 16.50 | T < B | |||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 19.75 | S < B | |||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 9.88 | 5 | 0.044 * | M < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 5.88 | S < A | |||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 14.75 | ||||
Total | 24 |
Parameters | Country | n | Mean Rank | df | p | Difference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 15.50 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 11.13 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 14.63 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 9.75 | 5 | 0.812 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 13.50 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 10.50 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Height | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 20.75 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 9.75 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 11.13 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 12.38 | 5 | 0.165 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 12.88 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 8.13 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Weight | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 15.88 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 11.63 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 9.13 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 17.50 | 5 | 0.128 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 5.50 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 15.38 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
BMI | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 9.50 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 12.75 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 10.13 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 18.00 | 5 | 0.056 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 5.63 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 19.00 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Visual reaction dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 6.13 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 16.50 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 19.75 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 12.50 | 5 | 0.017 * | S < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 5.00 | T < B | |||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 15.13 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Visual reaction non-dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 6.25 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 15.88 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 22.38 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 12.00 | 5 | 0.002 * | T < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 3.25 | S < B | |||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 15.25 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Auditory reaction dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 6.50 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 16.13 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 19.75 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 12.13 | 5 | 0.017 * | S < B | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 4.75 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 15.75 | ||||
Total | 24 | |||||
Auditory reaction non-dominant hand | TURKEY (T) | 4 | 9.63 | |||
AZERBAIJAN (A) | 4 | 14.63 | ||||
BULGARIA (B) | 4 | 16.88 | ||||
MACEDONIA (M) | 4 | 11.50 | 5 | 0.439 | - | |
SERBIA (S) | 4 | 7.75 | ||||
GEORGIA (G) | 4 | 14.63 | ||||
Total | 24 |
Parameters | Gender | n | Mean | Std. Deviation | Mean Rank | U | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visual reaction dominant hand | F | 24 | 287.83 | 38.27 | 19.33 | 164.000 | 0.011 * |
M | 24 | 263.67 | 37.74 | 29.67 | |||
Visual reaction non-dominant hand | F | 24 | 336.58 | 22.47 | 18.21 | 137.000 | 0.002 * |
M | 24 | 311.96 | 28.20 | 30.79 | |||
Auditory reaction dominant hand | F | 24 | 307.96 | 22.45 | 22.33 | 236.000 | 0.283 |
M | 24 | 297.75 | 33.03 | 26.67 | |||
Auditory reaction non-dominant hand | F | 24 | 325.71 | 21.34 | 16.98 | 107.500 | 0.000 * |
M | 24 | 300.50 | 22.01 | 32.02 |
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Yüksel, M.F.; Tunç, G.T. Examining the Reaction Times of International Level Badminton Players Under 15. Sports 2018, 6, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6010020
Yüksel MF, Tunç GT. Examining the Reaction Times of International Level Badminton Players Under 15. Sports. 2018; 6(1):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6010020
Chicago/Turabian StyleYüksel, Mehmet Fatih, and Gülsen Tosun Tunç. 2018. "Examining the Reaction Times of International Level Badminton Players Under 15" Sports 6, no. 1: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6010020
APA StyleYüksel, M. F., & Tunç, G. T. (2018). Examining the Reaction Times of International Level Badminton Players Under 15. Sports, 6(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6010020