1. The Penny Cup Test is part of the Knox Basketball Skill Test and measures reaction ability. 2. It was constructed in 1947 by Robert D. Knox at the University of Oregon to test the basketball skills of high school boys. 3. The test involves a subject standing with their back to cups of different colors (red, white, blue) holding a penny, and upon a signal turning and dropping the penny in the indicated cup as quickly as possible, with the time recorded.

1. Topic- Penny Cup Test
Submitted to- Rohit Chauhan
Submitted by- Sandeep
REG NO.- 11700156
Class- Bsc. In health And Physical Education
(6th sem.)

2. Penny cup test is part of test called Knox Basketball
Skill Test.
In Knox Basketball Skill Test we have 4 kind of test
I. SPEED DRIBBLE
II. SPEED PASS
III. DRIBBLE SHOOT
IV. PENNY-CUP TEST
But in this we are talking about only penny cut test. Penny cup
test use for Reaction Ability.

3.  CONSTRUCTED BY: ROBERT D. KNOX
CONSTRUCTED IN: 1947 MENT FOR: HIGH
SCHOOL BOYS
 This test constructed by KNOX as a test battery for
basketball in 1947 at the OREGON UNIVERSITY.
This test constitutes of 4 test batteries. Knox
conducted this test on 10 BEST BASKETBALL
PLAYERS and compared the SCORES with 3
different categories being: 1. NON-PLAYING
MEMBERS 2. SUBSTITUTES 3. PLAYING
MEMBERS of B-grade High School Level or Junior
Oregon State Level team.

4.  EQUIPMENTS USED- Cups,penny,stop watch
 The subject stand on the starting line with his back to
the cups and a penny in one hand.
 As he crosses the signal line he is given a direction
signal and places the penny in that cup.
 At the starting signal he turns and runs toward the
cups. The direction signal is one of three
commands: “red”, “white”, or “blue”.

5.  The time elapsing between the starting signal and the
sound of penny striking in the cup is measured with
a stop watch.
 The test is repeated four times and the total time for
each of the four tests constitutes the score.
 The test is repeated four times and the total time for
each of the four tests constitutes the score.

7.  All scores of the test items are recorded in
“SECONDS”