Relationship between motor skill and competition result of the collegiate badminton athletes

^(*) Senshu University, Japan
^(**) Hachinohe University, Japan
^(†) Waseda University, Japan
^(‡) Jissen Women’s University, Japan
E-mail: watana@isc.senshu-u.ac.jp, mishima@hachinohe-u.ac.jp, kkazu@waseda.jp, mayazaki@waseda.jp, sato-takeshi@jissen.ac.jp, noroshin@fb3.so-net.ne.jp

Abstract

Recently, a lot of studies have investigated the talent identification in the world of sports. It is very important to get to know an elite athlete's motor skills. The present study investigated the index of talent identification for collegiate badminton athletes. Subjects were 20 badminton athletes (10 men and 10 women, from 18 to 22 years old) whom belonged to the university. The men divided into the athletes who participated in intercollege badminton championship, and other athletes. The women divided into the athletes who had result best 16 and more in intercollege badminton championship, and other athletes. we measured the physique (3 items) and motor skill (6 items). As a result, the positive correlation was seen between the competition result and the pro-agility test in men, and the vertical jump in women. Our findings suggest that adolescent badminton athletes with higher score have possibility to advance their career in badminton.