Jerzy Sadowski 1ADE, Igor Cieśliński 1CD, Dariusz Gierczuk*2BDE

1Department of Sport and Training Sciences, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biala Podlaska, Poland
2Department of Combat Sports, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biala Podlaska, Poland

*Corresponding author: Dariusz Gierczuk, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, 2 Akademicka Street, 21-500 Biala Podlaska, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ORCID

Sadowski Jerzy: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1751-9613

Cieśliński Igor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8672-9334

Gierczuk Dariusz: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8095

 

Abstract

Background and Study Aim: Team sports and combat sports impose significant demands on visual and cognitive skills, as athletes often encounter situations requiring precise motor responses to visual stimuli. This aim of the study was to expand existing knowledge on how sport-specific experience affects response time to different stimuli in combat sports and team sports athletes.
Material and Methods: The research involved 261 highly skilled athletes from various areas: a) combat sports (n = 204): freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, ITF taekwondo, WTF taekwondo; b) team sports (n = 57): basketball, handball, soccer, volleyball. The athletes were between 18 and 25 years of age, with a training experience of at least 6 years. A single measurement of response time, including simple reaction and choice reaction, was conducted using the Vienna Test System. 
Results: Response time varied among athletes in different sports, with greater diversity observed in simple reaction than in choice reaction. Considering simple reaction time, the best results were noted among representatives of combat sports. Wrestlers and taekwondo athletes exhibited the shortest reaction and movement times. No significant differences in simple reaction and choice reaction times were found between athletes in different combat sports. Similar differences were observed among team sports players. When comparing combat sports and team sports, combat sports athletes demonstrated shorter response time (including reaction time and movement time), while team sports players showed shorter choice reaction time and higher accuracy in response to a given stimulus.
Conclusions: The specificity of sports training differentiates athletes with different sports specializations in terms of response time (simple and choice reaction times) to different stimuli. Long-term sports specialization exerts a positive influence on different types of reactions, which can have a beneficial impact on the safe functioning of individuals, including coping effectively with complex daily tasks.


Key words: choice reaction, combat sports, INNOAGON, personal safety, simple reaction, team sports

 


AMA:
Sadowski J, Cieśliński I, Gierczuk D. Response time of athletes with different sports specializations. Archives of Budo Journal of Innovative Agonology. 2024;20.

APA:
Sadowski, J., Cieśliński, I., & Gierczuk, D. (2024). Response time of athletes with different sports specializations. Archives of Budo Journal of Innovative Agonology, 20.

Chicago:
Sadowski, Jerzy, Igor Cieśliński, and Dariusz Gierczuk. "Response Time of Athletes with Different Sports Specializations." Archives of Budo Journal of Innovative Agonology 20 (2024).

Harvard:
Sadowski, J., Cieśliński, I., & Gierczuk, D., 2024. Response time of athletes with different sports specializations. Archives of Budo Journal of Innovative Agonology, 20.

MLA:
Sadowski, Jerzy, Igor Cieśliński, and Dariusz Gierczuk. "Response Time of Athletes with Different Sports Specializations." Archives of Budo Journal of Innovative Agonology, vol. 20, 2024.

Vancouver:
Sadowski J, Cieśliński I, Gierczuk D. Response time of athletes with different sports specializations. Archives of Budo Journal of Innovative Agonology. 2024;20.