The major finding in this study was that better players were clearly superior in the new RAT, which supports the concurrent construct validity of this test. It appears that the characteristics of the test such as the movement pattern and perceptual and decision-making skills are highly relevant to the playing ability of junior AF players. This finding is consistent with that of previous research using an RAT with a live tester, which was also related to expertise in AF players. The critical finding of this study was that the elite group did not perform any better on the RAT (arrows) despite this test involving the same movement pattern. Our findings are consistent with those of research on soccer showing that better players are faster and more accurate at responding to sport-specific dribbling and passing images but not better than players with less expertise in reacting to a light stimulus