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Relationship between Sprint, Change of Direction, Jump, and Hexagon Test Performance in Young Tennis Players
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Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
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Hernández-Davo, J. L., Loturco, I., Pereira, L. A., Cesari, R., Pratdesaba, J., Madruga-Parera, M., Sanz-Rivas, D., & Fernández-Fernández, J. (2021). Relationship between sprint, change of direction, jump, and hexagon test performance in young tennis players. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 20(2), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.52082/JSSM.2021.197
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Scientific Publishing House of the University of Szczecin
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2021
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[EN] The hexagon agility test is widely used in tennis players’ fitness
evaluation, although its validity has not been fully stablished.
This study aimed to assess the relationships between sprinting,
jumping, and change of direction (COD) ability and hexagon test
performance. Thirty-five under-16 tennis players completed a
testing battery including the hexagon test, 20-m linear sprint,
bilateral and unilateral countermovement jumps (CMJ), triple
leg-hop for distance, T-Test, 5-0-5 and Pro-Agility test on two
different sessions, separated by one week. The intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC) and the standard error of
measurement (SEM) were used to assess the reliability of the test.
Pearson’s product correlations (r) were used to analyze the
relationships between the hexagon test and the other fitness tests.
Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. The hexagon test
showed high relative reliability (ICC = 0.88) and low SEM values
(0.17 s). Significant small to large correlations were found
between the hexagon test time and linear sprint time (r = 0.40 to
0.60), COD tests (r = 0.53 to 0.79), and jumping performance (r
= -0.40 to -0.68). The hexagon test is a simple, quick, easy-toimplement
and reliable test, which allow it to be included in tennis
players’ testing batteries. The test is related to measures of speed,
power and agility, although the magnitude of these relationships
does not allow for the replacement of the more traditional
assessments (e.g., CMJ, 20-m sprint, T-Test) within tennis
players’ testing batteries.
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