The Relationship of Decision-Making Style and Reaction Agility Performance Regarding the Type of Stimulus in Handball
The Relationship of Decision-Making Style and Reaction Agility Performance Regarding the Type of Stimulus in Handball

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study was to verify the influence of contextual perception in sports on performance in reaction agility to a specific and non-specific stimulus on a sample of handball players. The object of the research was eleven players of the junior handball team playing in the top league (age: 16.73 years; decimal age 16.46 years). Visual signaling and video projection. and a modified Y-test of reaction agility were used. In this study. two goals were set: a) to compare the performance level in the Y agility test with respect to a simple non-specific and a complex specific visual stimulus in the form of filmed scenes of the opponent's attacking actions. which simulated real situations in performance handball; b) find out the possible relationship between performance in the agility test and reaction time. decision-making competence. anxiety and overload and involvement in decision-making and performance with regard to the nature of the stimulus. A questionnaire (CETD) was implemented in the sample to assess the decision-making style of athletes in a specific area.The results confirm the statistical significance of the differences between reaction times to a simple light stimulus and reaction times to video sequences, especially in activities associated with deceptive activity (p = 0.000), but also without it (p = 0.006). The relationship between performances in the Y Agility test to a video stimulus and reaction time (r = -.272), decision-making competences (0.116), anxiety and overload (r = 0.105) and involvement in decision-making (r = 0-.059) was not demonstrated. Simple linear regression analysis revealed that performance in the agility test to a simple stimulus (Witty; F (1) = 6.52, p = 0.030) is a significant predictor of context-specific agility performance and accounts for 73.4% of the explanatory variable (R2 = 0.734).

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