The aim of this study was to determine whether the utilisation of three timing gates could reliably measure different sub-phases of the modified 5-0-5 COD test, and whether these sub-phases were inter-related. The modified 5-0-5 COD test was adapted, and additional timing gates were placed at 2 m and 4 m, enabling acceleration, deceleration, 180-degree turn and reacceleration 1 and 2 too be measured independently. Ten elite female netball athletes (age: 24.9 ± 5.0 yrs, height: 180.1 ± 6.5 cm, weight: 81.3 ± 15.0 kg) completed three sessions, consisting of three trials, separated by one week. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to determine the strength of association between variables, and absolute and relative consistency was assessed using coefficients or variation (CV) and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), respectively. Correlations between variables ranged from 0.28 to 0.94, with the 180-degree turn having the greatest shared variance (R2= 88.4%) with total time. The greatest shared variance between sub-phases was 68.9% between deceleration and reacceleration 2 and was the only variable to explain more than 50% of shared variance between sub-phases. All CVs were less than 10% and all ICC`s were greater than 0.77 indicating acceptable absolute consistency and `good` to `excellent` relative consistency. These findings suggest firstly that these sub-phases are all independent qualities, and therefore should be measured as such. Secondly, this advanced diagnostic protocol can measure each of these sub-phases reliably
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