@misc{10481/70867,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70867},
abstract = {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.},
organization = {Football Connection (FOOC) (Marca No. 4.073.379).},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Football},
keywords = {Coordination},
keywords = {Agility},
keywords = {Training program},
keywords = {Performances},
keywords = {Athletes},
title = {Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph181910125},
author = {González Fernández, Francisco Tomás and Sarmento, Hugo and Castillo Rodríguez, Alfonso and Silva, Rui and Clemente, Filipe Manuel},
}