Ie

de

Ge

De

de

-5-

percent of increase is 20.1% in the experimental group, with
only 4.2% in the control group.

The final test average T-Score of the general ability tests
gave an increase of 17.34 over the pre-test of the same series
of tests.

The correlations of each of the eight basketball tests with
actual ability separated these tests into two groups. Five
of the tests had correlations ranging from .42 to .64, and
three of them had correlations from minus .13 to .55. The
total basketball test correlations with actual play is .75 on

the pre-test and .77 on the final test.

The individual general athletic ability tests correlations with
actual play renged from .50 to .72 and the total general ath-
letic test was .73 for the pre-test and .77 in the final.

The correlation between total basketball tests and general ath-
letic tests was .76 for the pre-test and .52 for the final test.

The correlation between the Brace Test and general ability is
014, the Brace test with Basketball tests is .59 and with actual

playing ability is .16.

The results of this experiment seem to indicate that progress
in the fundamentals of basketball can be measured. From the
eight tests used in the experiment the author recommends the
use of test numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 as a battery of reliable
tests for the measurement of basketball skill in fundamentals.

fhe similar percentage of increase and the high correlation be-~-
tween basketball and general athletic ability proves the close
relationship of these two groups of skills even though the core
relation of improvement was very low.

The lack of correlation in improvement indicates that learned
skill in one activity does not carry over in the same amount
another skill.

To objectively test an individuel for potential basketball abil-
ity the test must of necessity measure unteught skills. If
this were not sv the individual could not be tested on his first
appearance and the individual who had never played before would
eutomatically be ruled out. The high correlation between gen-
eral ability tests scores and specific basketball test scores on
the one hand and general ability test scores and actual playing
ability scores on the other hend which are brought out in this
study seem to warrant the use of this general ability test as a
predictive test for potential playing ability.

The advisability of using this series of tests in contrast with
the standard Brace Motor Ability test was clearly show in the
poor correlation between the Brace test and General Ability and
Actual Ability score, but it must be remembered that the Brace
Test was designed to test native neuro-musculer ability.