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The Relationships among Acceleration , Agility , Sprinting Ability , Speed Dribbling Ability and Vertical Jump Ability in 14-Year-Old Soccer Players
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Orer, Erikoglu |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships among acceleration, agility, sprinting ability, speed dribbling ability and vertical jump ability in 14-year-old soccer players. Twenty-five young soccer players (average age 13.52 ± 0.51 years; height 158.81 ± 5.76 cm; weight 48.92 ± 6.48 kg; training age 3.72 ± 0.64 years) performed a series of physical tests: Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 (YYIRT); zigzag agility with the ball (ZAWB); without the ball (ZAWOB); sprinting ability (10-m, 20-m and 30-m); speed dribbling ability (SDA), acceleration ability (FLST) and jumping ability (counter-movement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ) and drop jump (DJ). The results showed that 10-m sprint was correlated with 20-m (r = 0.682), 30-m sprint (r = 0.634) and also SDA, FLST and ZAWOB (r = 0.540, r = 0.421; r = 0.533 respectively). Similarly, 20-m sprint was correlated with 30-m sprint (r = 0.491) and ZAWOB (r = 0.631). 30-m sprint was negatively correlated with CMJ (r = -0.435), while strong and moderate correlated with FLST (r = 0.742), ZAWOB (r = 0.657). In addition, CMJ strong correlated with SJ and DJ (r = 0.779, r = 0.824 respectively). CMJ, SJ and DJ were negatively correlated with ZAWOB. Furthermore, SDA strong and moderate correlated with FLST (r = 0.875), ZAWB (r = 0.718) and ZAWOB (r = 0.645). Similarly, a correlation was also found among FLST, ZAWB and ZAWOB (r = 0.421, r = 0.614 respectively). Finally, ZAWOB was strong and moderate correlated with the performance of soccer players in different field tests. In conclusion, the findings of the present study indicated that agility without the ball associated with the all physical fitness components. In addition, agility performance affects acceleration, sprint and jumping performances in young soccer players. Therefore, soccer players should focus on agility exercises in order to improve their acceleration, sprinting and jumping performance. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jspe/papers/vol3-issue2/F03022934.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
