Association of shorter and longer distance sprint running to change of direction speed in police students

Abstract

Background. Law enforcement officers may experience unique physical demands while on duty, including pursuing a suspect on foot, clearing obstacles, rapidly moving between covers, and engaging in physical confrontations with violent offenders. Several different change of direction speed (CODS) assessments are routinely used to simulate these demands. However, the relationship between these assessments has not been fully explored. Thus, this study investigated the association of shorter and longer distance sprint running with CODS performance. Methods. 15 police students ran the 20-m sprint test, 300-yard shuttle run, and Illinois Agility Test (IAT). Correlation and regression analyses were used to investigate associations. The effect size analysis provided the magnitude of associations. Results. Correlation analysis determined moderate association between 0-10 m, 10-20 m, and 0-20 m sprint performance with the IAT. The regression analysis determined strong linear association of IAT with sprint 0-10 m (R 2 = 0.488, F = 12.385, p = 0.004), sprint 10-20 m (R 2 = 0.496, F = 12.775, p = 0.003), sprint 0-20 m (R 2 = 0.573, F = 17.468, p = 0.001), and no linear association with the 300-yard shuttle run. Conclusions. The current study found a significant positive association between short sprints and IAT performance, suggesting that linear sprinting speed determines a significant proportion of CODS performance. Therefore, police students and officers should include sprint training in their physical fitness routine.

Effects of Maximal and Submaximal Anaerobic and Aerobic Running on Subsequent Change-of-Direction Speed Performance among Police Students

“…The test includes 12 lengths of a 25-yard distance. It has been previously used with sports and tactical populations [27,28,31,32]. The test-retest reliability of this test (ICC = 0.83) has been determined elsewhere [33].…”

“…Indeed, numerous tests have been used to assess CODS performance and the anaerobic and aerobic running capabilities in athletes and tactical athletes, and the maximal 300-yard shuttle run, 2.4-km Cooper running test, and the Illinois Agility Test are among those that are often used [18,[24][25][26][27]. All three are field tests, are easy to conduct repeatedly, and require minimum equipment, while in return, they provide a valid estimation of anaerobic power, aerobic power, and CODS performance efficacy [26,28,29].…”

Sprint running, agility and anaerobic endurance: Standards for the students at the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies

“…The time was measured with photocells connected to a computer system designed for physical ability testing (Physical ability test 02, UNO-LEX, NS, Serbia), with the precision of 0.001s. Illinois agility test (IAT, expressed in seconds at the third decimal) was used to assess the change-of-direction speed (Figure 1) (Streetman et al 2022;Koropanovski et al, 2022). At the starting line, the respondents were waiting in a standing position for a signal to start the test.…”

Polni Dimorfizam Kod Ocjene I Samoprocjene Motoričkih Sposobnosti Studenata Fakulteta Bezbjedonosnih Nauka

“…Veliki dio službenih poslova i zadataka se odvija u naseljenim područjima sa urbanom infrastrukturom, na otvorenom i zatvorenom prostoru, gdje do izražaja dolaze aktivnosti vezano za savladavanje određenih prepreka, sprintevi, brzo kretanje između zaklona, bočna kretanja, okretnost i brzina reakcije, koje najčešće karakterišu kratke dionice trčanja, startna ubrzanja, promjene oblika kretanja sa čestim promjenama pravca i smjera kretanja, što od policijskih službenika zahtijeva izuzetnu fizičku spremnost. Prema Marins, David, & Del Vecchio (2019), raznovrsna priroda i fizikalnost profesionalnih zadataka zahtijevaju da policijski službenici budu u natprosječnoj fizičkoj kondiciji u poređenju sa opštom populacijom, da bi mogli uspješno izvršavati svoje radne zadatke (Streetman et al, 2022).…”