Teste de agilidade para tênis proposto por Monte (2004)

ABSTRACT
RODRIGUES, Osvaldo Andre Furlaneto. Tennis agility test proposed by Monte
(2004): a comparative study with tennis and non tennis players. 2007. 94p.
Dissertation (Master’s degree in Physical Education) – Program of Post-Graduation
in Physical Education, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis/SC.
This quasi-experimental study has as purpose to verify the specificity of agility for
tennis players, created from an automated system proposed by Monte (2004a). As
parameter of comparison of performance the test of agility Shuttle Run was used.
The two tests were applied in 32 individuals, categorized in tennis-players (T=21) and
non-tennis players (NT=11), as the control group. Initially, the data was collected
using Monte protocol for tennis players, conceived from an electronic instrument
interfaced to a portable computer, for accurate and automatic acquisition of the times.
Afterwards, the standardized protocol of agility was applied (Shuttle Run). Data
referring to the anthropometric variables of corporal mass, stature, wing span,
lengths and perimeters of inferior members were also collected, as well as the time of
practice in the sport of tennis for the first group (T). The data were treated in the
Statistica 5.5 software, where using descriptive statistics, the Test “t” of Student for
independent samples and the coefficient of Linear Correlation of Pearson (with levels
of reliability p< 0.05). In the test of Shuttle Run, the gotten average times for the
tennis players were 10.18 ± 0.52 s and for non-tennis players 10.57 ± 0.83 s. For the
Monte test, group T presented an average of 7483.65 ± 473.61 ms for forehand and
7805.00 ± 516.33 ms for backhand, whereas, for group NT was verified an average
of 8030.00 ± 597.78 ms and 8358.36 ± 598.26 ms, respectively. From the analysis of
the data, it can be affirmed that the values found for the two tests are statistically
different, where group T presented a better performance than group NT for the Monte
test, while this relation was not confirmed in the application of the Shuttle Run test.
Therefore, the scientific authenticity of the test of agility proposed by Monte for tennis
players was verified, where it presented a power of discrimination of performance,
compared to the test taken as reference, universally adopted for agility.
Key-words: Agility – Tennis Players – Physical Test – Monte Protocol.
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