50 college men participated in an investigation of the relationship between standing RT and the maximal vertical velocity which the body can generate while in contact with the ground. The results support recent studies which reflect the high degree of specificity of individual differences in motor abilities. The nonsignificant correlation of −0.31 indicates that vertical body speed cannot be predicted from a knowledge of standing RT.
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