In basketball, due to the high number of stimuli, perceptual skills are great importance, especially in anticipation and decision-making processes. The aim of this study was to compare the results of the simple reaction time of athlets students (n = 12) with that of non-athlets students (n = 12), belonging to the same age category (19-20 years). The study started from the hypothesis that athletes show lower values of the simple reaction time of both the dominant hand and the non-dominant hand. These results are possible due to the fact that basketball is a sporting game requiring ambidextrous and adaptive neuromuscular response to training and competitive requirements. The two experimental groups are represented, on the one hand by the women's basketball team of University Polytechnic of Bucharest, and on the other, by the students participating in the physical education classes (random selection). The evaluation of the simple reaction time was carried out by means of the computerized test Inquisit 5 (Computer Software). Inquisit 5 computerized test (Computer Software) was used to evaluate the simple reaction time. Measuring the time of simple reaction to visual stimuli by computerized testing consisted of pressing the "spacebar" key at different time intervals, whenever a red circle appeared on the screen. Each subject repeated the test two times, keeping the best results. The degree of plausibility of the hypothesis was determined using the Student test. The results demonstrated that there are significant differences between the two experimental groups in terms of the simple reaction time. These results support the fact that basketball game improves "eye-hand" reaction time.

Simple reaction time; female athletes, Inquisit 5.