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Reactive Initiation Training is more effective than Shuttle Run to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players

Minkai Dong, Jidong Lyu, Thomas Hart, View ORCID ProfileQin Zhu
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/331058
Minkai Dong
1Department of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics, Shanghai, CHINA
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Jidong Lyu
1Department of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics, Shanghai, CHINA
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Thomas Hart
2Division of Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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Qin Zhu
2Division of Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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Abstract

Purpose Despite its well-known importance in sports, agility is ambiguously defined and lack of research. Shuttle Run (SR) is commonly used to improve the on-court agility of badminton players. Reactive Initiation Training (RIT) contrasts SR in that it only demands rapid generation of initiation step toward the direction of shuttlecock. The current study compared SR with RIT to determine which one is more effective for improving on-court agility of novice badminton players.

Method 20 novice badminton players were split in half to receive either RIT or SR on court for five days. Before and after training, participants were assessed on their ability to intercept the shuttlecocks randomly thrown by a coach to six corners of the court with and without visual occlusion of the coach. All trials of interception were recorded for video analysis of initiation time, running time and total time.

Results The mean total times were greater with visual occlusion and varied systematically with the position of interception. Both training methods shortened the mean running time, however, only RIT additionally reduced the initiation time and its proportion on those time-consuming positions in the occluded condition.

Conclusion RIT is more effective than SR to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players.

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Reactive Initiation Training is more effective than Shuttle Run to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players
Minkai Dong, Jidong Lyu, Thomas Hart, Qin Zhu
bioRxiv 331058; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/331058
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Reactive Initiation Training is more effective than Shuttle Run to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players
Minkai Dong, Jidong Lyu, Thomas Hart, Qin Zhu
bioRxiv 331058; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/331058

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