Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the specificity of the hexagonal obstacle test (HEX) as a measure of anaerobic endurance for Alpine skiers. Subjects were varsity Alpine skiers (AS, n = 10), varsity athletes (VA, n = 10) and physical education students (PES, n = 15). The VA and PES had no skiing experience. All subjects performed a 30‐s Wingate test (WIN), a treadmill anaerobic run (TM) and the HEX test. The AS and PES also performed 6 trials of the HEX and examination of these results revealed that the test had high reliability (intraclass r = .96), despite a significant (P .05) with those obtained on the WIN (r = ‐.02) and on the TM (r = ‐.33). There were significant differences (P < 0.05) between the VA and the PES on the WIN (10.26 ± .38 vs. 8.71 ± .19 watts/kg, X ± S.E.M.) and on the TM (61.5 ± 4.8 vs. 47.9 ± 3.1 s). No other comparisons were signifi...
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