Validity and Reliability of a Kicking Skill Test to Benchmark Talent Development and Identification in Australian Football: A Professional Senior and Elite Junior Comparison

• Published in: Research quarterly for exercise and sport Vol. 96; no. 3; pp. 497 - 504
• Main Authors: Bonney, Nathan, Berry, Jason, O’Brien, Brendan, Larkin, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 29.01.2025
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aptitude - physiology; Athletic Performance - physiology; Australia; Australian football; Benchmarking; Exercise Test - methods; Football - physiology; Humans; kicking; Male; Motor Skills - physiology; performance analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Soccer - physiology; talent identification; Young Adult; Australia; kicking; talent identification; Australian football; performance analysis

Australian Football (AF) is a fast-paced contact invasion sport that requires players to execute a variety of kicks to effectively pass the football and score a goal. Current assessment of elite senior kicking skills in AF is confined to isolated and static skill tests that do not adequately represe...