Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players
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González Fernández, Francisco Tomás; Sarmento, Hugo; Castillo Rodríguez, Alfonso; Silva, Rui; Clemente, Filipe ManuelEditorial
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Football Coordination Agility Training program Performances Athletes
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2021Referencia bibliográfica
González-Fernández, F.T.; Sarmento, H.; Castillo-Rodríguez, A.; Silva, R.; Clemente, F.M. Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10125. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph181910125
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Football Connection (FOOC) (Marca No. 4.073.379).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.