Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15468165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francisco Tomás González-Férnandez (0000-0002-1480-7521, Universidad Pontificia Comillas), Hugo Sarmento (0000-0001-5220-7992, Research Center for Natural Resources, Environment and Society), Alfonso Castillo-Rodríguez (0000-0002-2723-8970, Universidad de Granada), Rui Silva (0000-0002-0283-9462), Rui Miguel Silva (0000-0003-3380-864X, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo), Filipe Manuel Clemente (0000-0001-9813-2842, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Pages | 10125-10125 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph181910125 |
| PMID | 34639427 |
| OpenAlex | W3203157848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
The current literature has shown how working on coordination and agility produces effects on specific aspects in team sports. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a ten-week coordination training program applied to soccer on different tests that evaluate speed (30 m speed test), agility (Illinois Agility Test (IAT)) and lower body strength (countermovement jump (CMJ)). Forty U16 male soccer players from two nonprofessional teams (twenty in the control group (CG) (aged = 14.70 ± 0.47, body weight = 60.15 ± 8.07 kg, height = 1.71 ± 0.06 m) and twenty in the experimental group (EG) (aged = 14.50 ± 0.51, body weight = 58.08 ± 9.78 kg, height = 1.69 ± 0.06 m)) performed a combined coordination and agility program during 10 min every training day (3 days a week) for 10 weeks. The results of this study showed that coordination training produced adaptations in the power (CMJ of EG ( p = 0.001)) and agility capacities (IAT of EG ( p = 0.002)) of young soccer players, but not on speed performance at longer distances (CG, p = 0.20 and EG, p = 0.09). Despite the benefits of the training program, a combination of training methods that includes power, agility, speed, and strength can enhance such improvements
Athletes · Body weight · Jump · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physical therapy · Physics · Strength Training · Team sport · Test (biology · Training (meteorology · Vertical jump · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Medicine · Psychology · Sports injuries and prevention · Sports Performance and Training
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| Highly cited | No |
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