The use of the Vienna Test System in sport psychology research: A review

Ong, Nathanael C. H.

doi:10.1080/1750984x.2015.1061581

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“…Nevertheless, this tool only is capable of measuring reaction time. Another popular tool is the Vienna Test System Sport R [10], which offers a series of tests for team players, in which movement anticipation measure, information processing velocity, and reaction time tests stand out. Moreover, this tool only aims at measuring team sport player cognitive capabilities.…”

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Automatic Registration of Footsteps in Contact Regions for Reactive Agility Training in Sports

Latorre

Zúñiga

Arriaza

et al. 2020

Sensors

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In collective sports, reactive agility training methodologies allow to evaluate and improve the player performance, being able to consider a mixture of technical, tactical, physical, and psychological abilities, similarly to real game-play situations. In this article, we present a new methodology for reactive agility training (neural training), the technological setup for the methodology, and a new footstep tracking algorithm, as the key element for automating the speed data gathering process, necessary for obtaining the relevant variables of the neural training approach. This new methodology is oriented to accurately measure two of the most relevant variables for reactive agility training: total response time (sprint time) and response correctness, related to a stimuli sequence presented to a player. The stimuli were designed to properly represent realistic competitive conditions for player training, contextualized to soccer. In order to automate the gathering process, a new computer vision based automatic footstep detection algorithm has been integrated to the system. The algorithm combines Kalman Filters, segmentation techniques, and perspective geometry, for obtaining highly precise detections of the moment a relevant footstep occurs in real-time, reaching a precision higher than 97%. Plus, the algorithm does not require any special marker, invasive sensor, or clothing constraint on the player.

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Section: Relevant Tools For Sports Trainingmentioning

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Automatic Registration of Footsteps in Contact Regions for Reactive Agility Training in Sports

Latorre

Zúñiga

Arriaza

et al. 2020

Sensors

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“…Today, devices used to capture PV parameters are mainly automated or computer-based. These systems provide objective methods, as they instruct the subjects in a standardized manner and independently of the test administrator [21].…”

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“…In the second section of this article, the test-retest reliability and potential training effects of the peripheral perception sub-test (PP) of the Vienna test system (VTS) is assessed in a test-retest design. The Vienna test system (VTS) is one of the predominantly used computer-based tests in sports science as it operationalizes many sport psychology-related constructs such as sustained attention, stress reactivity, as well as the hereby discussed peripheral perception [21]. Table 1 shows computer-based/automated tests often used for PV measurements in sports research and respectively, their sub-tests.…”

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Peripheral Vision Tests in Sports: Training Effects and Reliability of Peripheral Perception Test

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Schmidt

Reer

et al. 2019

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Various studies suggest the importance of peripheral vision (PV) in sports. Computer-based test systems provide objective methods to measure PV. Nevertheless, the reliability and training effects are not clarified in detail. The purpose of this investigation was to present a short narrative non-systematic review on computer-based PV tests and to determine the reliability and the training effects of peripheral perception sub-test (PP) of the Vienna test system (VTS) in a test–retest design. N = 21 male athletes aged between 20 and 30 years (M = 26.15; SD = 3.1) were included. The main outcome parameters were peripheral reaction (PR), PR left (PRL), PR right (PRR), field of vision (FOV), visual angle left (VAL), and visual angle right (VAR). Reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland–Altman plots. Training effects were determined by students t-test. Good reliability was observed in PR, PRL, and PRR. Moderate reliability was found in FOV, VAL, and VAR. Significant improvements between T0 and T1 were found in PRL with a mean difference of 0.04 s (95% CI [0.00–0.07]) and in PR with a mean difference of 0.02 s (95% CI [0.00–0.05]). For PRR, FOV, VAL, VAR, no significant differences were detected. These results indicate that PP can be applied to asses PV abilities in sports. Future research is needed to clarify the influence of test repetitions on visuomotor learning in PP. Moreover, PV tests should be cross-validated with sport-specific measurements (e.g., on-field and/or ‘virtual reality’ approaches).

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“…One of the main advantages of the Austrian VTS test system is that it provides a valid and reliable testing procedure that can identify the characteristic personality traits of athletes and their cognitive and psychomotor activities (Schuhfried, 2013). Studies conducted with VTS have so far focused on the factors that distinguish between top athletes and those not doing sports, while they also studied those parameters that may impact the performance of athletes (Ong, 2015). Zwierko et al (2010) compared the response time and peripheral sight of volleyball players with those of non-athletes and they found significant differences that showed that athletes have a significantly better response time and visual field of view than people who are not athletes.…”

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The continuous improvement of athletic performance, pushing physical limits, and the aspiration for ever-better results are some of the most important objectives of athletes. These may not be achieved barely based on innate talent and the acquisition of technical and tactical knowledge. It is just as important to understand mental processes and to be able to develop and support them professionally. Studying the cognitive skills of athletes is especially significant in the case of sports requiring dynamic, complex, and open skills. Handball is one such sport where the environmental conditions require continuous adaptation and decision making. In our research we studied the above-mentioned performance indicators among youth and adult handball players using the relevant tests of the Vienna Test System (VTS). The main advantage of VTS is that it studies the competences of athletes objectively, providing a valid and reliable assessment tool. The paper explores the decision-making strategies of handball players, their reactive stress tolerance, as well as their attention and concentration skills. This enables us to identify those players who are capable of adequately managing stress and who can recognize opportunities and properly make use of them even under pressure.

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The use of the Vienna Test System in sport psychology research: A review

Cited by 47 publications

References 27 publications

Automatic Registration of Footsteps in Contact Regions for Reactive Agility Training in Sports

Automatic Registration of Footsteps in Contact Regions for Reactive Agility Training in Sports

Peripheral Vision Tests in Sports: Training Effects and Reliability of Peripheral Perception Test

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