Agility and Change-of-Direction Speed are Independent Skills: Implications for Training for Agility in Invasion Sports

Young, Warren; Dawson, Brian; Henry, Greg

doi:10.1260/1747-9541.10.1.159

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“…Agility has been, indeed, defined as a rapid whole-body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a “stimulus” [3]. Adhering to this definition, it is well recognized that agility is composed of perceptual and decision making factors, as well as change of direction (COD) components [4]. According to the scientific literature, agility is suggested as an important physical quality which should be well developed throughout childhood and adolescence [5].…”

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Agility training in young elite soccer players: promising results compared to change of direction drills

Chaalali¹,

Rouissi²,

Chtara³

et al. 2016

Biol Sport

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The aim of this study was to compare the effect of two different training programmes – change of direction (COD) vs. agility (AG) – on straight sprint (SS), COD and AG test performances in young elite soccer players. Thirty-two soccer players (age: 14.5±0.9 years; height: 171.2±5.1 cm; body mass: 56.4±7.1 kg, body fat: 10.3±2.3%) participated in a short-term (6 weeks) training study. Players were randomly assigned to two experimental groups – training with change of direction drills (COD-G, n=11) or using agility training (AG-G, n= 11) – and to a control group (CON-G, n=10). All players completed the following tests before and after training: straight sprint (15m SS), 15 m agility run with (15m-AR-B) and without a ball (15m-AR), 5-0-5 agility test, reactive agility test (RAT), and RAT test with ball (RAT-B). A significant group effect was observed for all tests (p<0.001; η2=large). In 15m SS, COD-G and AG-G improved significantly (2.21; ES=0.57 and 2.18%; ES=0.89 respectively) more than CON-G (0.59%; ES=0.14). In the 15m-AR and 5-0-5 agility test, COD-G improved significantly more (5.41%; ES=1.15 and 3.41; ES=0.55 respectively) than AG-G (3.65%; ES=1.05 and 2.24; ES=0.35 respectively) and CON-G (1.62%; ES=0.96 and 0.97; ES=0.19 respectively). Improvements in RAT and RAT-B were larger (9.37%; ES=2.28 and 7.73%; ES=2.99 respectively) in RAT-G than the other groups. In conclusion, agility performance amongst young elite soccer could be improved using COD training. Nevertheless, including a conditioning programme for agility may allow a high level of athletic performance to be achieved.

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Agility training in young elite soccer players: promising results compared to change of direction drills

Chaalali¹,

Rouissi²,

Chtara³

et al. 2016

Biol Sport

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“…This effect may be justified by the increase in the muscular mass of females, growing up to 7 kg between the ages of 6 and 23 years, occurring during adolescence, as well as the growth of the leg leading to decreased walking intensity 18 . However, Paul et al 19 and Young et al 20 affirm that agility is considered a key aspect in the performance of sports teams and are also able to distinguish between more qualified and less qualified individuals. Cognitive and perceptual factors can influence the satisfactory performance of this ability, as well as weight, height and body fat, even though physical actions compose the largest total time dimension to complete an agility test.…”

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Analysis of motor capacities in the maturational stages of female adolescents

Barros

Lima

Sampaio

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J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Introduction: Maturation is a biological phenomenon inherent to the human being that acts alongside environmental factors in its relationship with the development of children and adolescents.Objective: To analyse the motor skills during maturational stages of female adolescents. Methods:This study included 133 female adolescents aged between 10 and 17 years from federal schools in the city of Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil. Sexual maturation was evaluated using Tanner's self-assessment. Motor skills were assessed using the following tests: strength (Jump Test); coordination (Burpee Test); balance (Flamingo Test); flexibility (Sit and Reach Test); agility (Shuttle Run Test). The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 software through analysis of variance. The significance level was fixed at 5%. Results:No significant statistical results were found for strength, agility, balance and flexibility, evidencing that maturational advances did not influence these skills. In the coordination variable, significant results were obtained. Conclusion:The results of this study suggest that maturational advancement in adolescents does not influence strength, agility, balance or flexibility. However, it does influence coordination, presenting better performance at stage P2.

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“…Approximately one fifth of training volume was focused on speed and agility development, one fifth was dedicated to small side games and almost half of overall training volume was focused on strength development. It was found that small side games improve agility performance (Young & Rogers, 2014;Young et al, 2015). Running and rapid change MARTIN ŠIŠKA, ZUZANA KOVÁČIKOVÁ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…”

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This retrospective study evaluated the effect of the off-season training on the physical performance changes in elite male ice hockey players U18 (junior team under 18 years). The present study secondarily established the physical profile of these players according to their playing position. The off-ice tests: 60 m sprint (s), 6x9 m run (s), 400 m run (s), 1500 m run (s), standing long jump (cm) and 1 RM bench-press (kg) were assessed before and after of training. In addition, individual values of the monitored parameters were divided and compared according to gaming position. Off-season intervention led to significant improvements in running performance in 6x9 m (P<.001; d=0.86), 400 m (P<.001; d=0.41), and 1500 m (P=0.001; d=0.38). The forwards demonstrated significant improvements in 6x9 m (P<.001; d=1.29), 400 m (P=0.001; d=0.39), and 1500 m run (P=0.002; d=0.62) following off-season training. The defenders demonstrated significant improvement only in 400 m run (P=0.03; d=0.45) following off-season training. Pre to post-season changes (∆) in 6x9m (P=0.01; d=0.55) were found between forwards and defenders. The off-season training seems to be an effective training regimen inducing significant improvements in running performance. However, this training failed to show significant improvements in physical performance in other tests. Results of this study identify physical factors that need to be improved in the pre-season period in players.

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Agility and Change-of-Direction Speed are Independent Skills: Implications for Training for Agility in Invasion Sports

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Agility training in young elite soccer players: promising results compared to change of direction drills

Agility training in young elite soccer players: promising results compared to change of direction drills

Analysis of motor capacities in the maturational stages of female adolescents

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