The use of skill tests to predict status in junior Australian football Woods, TEC, Raynor, JA, Bruce, Lyndell and McDonald, Z 2015, The use of skill tests to predict status in junior Australian football, Journal of sports sciences, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1132-1140, doi: 10.1080/02640414.2014.986501. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The use of skill tests to predict status in junior Australian football Author(s) Woods, TEC Raynor, JA Bruce, Lyndell orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-5171 McDonald, Z Journal name Journal of sports sciences Volume number 33 Issue number 11 Start page 1132 End page 1140 Total pages 9 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2015 ISSN 1466-447X Keyword(s) talent identification predictive modelling team sports technical ability Adolescent Aptitude Athletic Performance Australia Exercise Test Logistic Models Motor Skills Psychometrics ROC Curve Soccer Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Sport Sciences PERFORMANCE FITNESS Summary This study examined whether skill tests were predictive of status in junior Australian football. Players were recruited from the 2013 under 18 (U18) West Australian Football League competition and classified into two groups: elite (state U18 squad representative; n = 25; 17.9 ± 0.5 years) and subelite (nonstate U18 squad representative; n = 25; 17.3 ± 0.6 years). Both groups completed the Australian football kicking (AFK) and Australian football handballing (AFHB) tests, assessing kicking accuracy/ball speed and handballing accuracy on dominant and nondominant sides. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) modelled the main effect of "status", whilst logistic regression models were built for the predictive analysis using the same test parameters. Between-group differences were noted across all parameters, with the combination of kicking accuracy and ball speed on the dominant and nondominant sides being the best predictor of status for the AFK test (wi = 0.25, AUC = 89.4%) and the combination of accuracy on the dominant and nondominant sides being the best predictor of status for the AFHB test (wi = 0.80, AUC = 88.4%). The AFK and AFHB tests are predictive of status, suggesting that their use is warranted as a means of talent identification in junior Australian football. Language eng DOI 10.1080/02640414.2014.986501 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30108921 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 01 Jun 2018, 10:06:59 EST Sat, 02 Jun 2018, 05:00:33 EST Sat, 02 Jun 2018, 06:05:31 EST Mon, 04 Jun 2018, 08:58:25 EST Tue, 27 Nov 2018, 11:55:21 EST Tue, 27 Nov 2018, 11:57:04 EST Tue, 27 Nov 2018, 11:57:42 EST Thu, 11 Nov 2021, 18:28:45 EST Fri, 12 Nov 2021, 12:57:14 EST Fri, 12 Nov 2021, 13:02:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 29 times in TR Web of Science Cited 30 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 45 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 01 Jun 2018, 10:06:59 EST