SKILLTESTSFOR

BASKETBALL
PRESENTEDBY:MUHAMMADUSMAN
M/SSCHOLARSUITPESHAWAR
Skilltestforbasketball
Thereareanumberoftestsandtestbatteriesusedfor
testingbasketballskill.
Onlytwoofthewidelyusedtestbatterieswillbe
discussedinthispresentation
1. JohnsonBasketballTest
2. StroupBasketballTest
JohnsonBasketballTest
L.WillianJohnsonProposedaTestBatteryforHigh
SchoolBoystomeasureBasketballabilities.
HecomposedthreeTestItems:
1. FieldGoalSpeedTest.
2. Basketballthrowforaccuracy.
3. Dribble.
Thebatteryreliabilityandvaliditywere0.89and0.88
respectively
JohnsonBasketballTest(cont)
1:FieldGoalSpeedTest.
Startingatanypositionunderthebasketinanyposition
hedesires.
Throwsasmanybasketashecanin30seconds.
1basket=1point
 JohnsonBasketballTest(cont)
Basketballthrowforaccuracy.
Aseriesofrectanglesarrangedoneinsideoftheotheron
thewall14inchesabovethefloor.
Thedimensionsoftherectanglesareasfollows;
1:60x40inches2:40x25inches3:20x10inches 3
Thesubjectisgiven10trialsfromadistanceof40feet, 2
usingbaseballpassorhookpass.
1
Scoring:3pointsinnerrectangle,2inmiddleand1in
outer.

Floor
 JohnsonBasketballTest(cont)
Dribble:

Fourhurdlesareplacedinaline6feetapartandatadistance
of12feetfroma6feetlongstartingline.
Thesubjectstartsfromoneendothestartinglineanddribbles
aroundthroughthehurdlesandbacktotheotherendofthe
startingline.
Scoring:thenumberofzonescrossedin30seconds
JohnsonBasketballTest(cont)
TheThreetestsarescoredasbatterybyaddingthethree
obtainedscores.
Thetotalscorerangewas16to68,withthemedianat
42.
StroupBasketballTest
FrancisStroupusedthescoremadebycompetingteams
ascriterionforvalidatinghisbasketballskilltest.
84%ofthegameswerewonbytheteamswhoscored
highonthefollowingtests.
1. GoalShooting.
2. WallPassing
3. Dribbling.
StroupBasketballTest(Cont)
1:GoalShooting
Startingatanypositiononthefloor,thesubjectshootsas
manybasketsaspossiblein1minute.
Iftheballgetsoutofcontrol,thesubjecthastoretrieve
theballeachtimehimself
StroupBasketballTest(Cont)
2:WallPassing
Thesubjectstandsbehindaline6feetfromawall.
Passestheballagainstthewallasmanytimesas
possibleinoneminute.
Apassisnotcountediftheballisbattedinsteadof
caughtandpassed
Andifthesubjectmovesovertherestraininglinewhen
makingapass.
StroupBasketballTest(Cont)
3:Dribbling
Sevenbottlesareplacedinaline15feetapartfora90
feetdistance.
Thesubjectstartsatanyendanddribblesalternatelyto
theleftandrightandcirclestheendbottleeachtime.
Amissiscountedifabottleisknockedoverorifthe
bottleisnotpassedontheproperside.
Scoring:thenumberofbottlesproperlypassedinone
minute