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Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players

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  • Francisco Tomás González-Fernández

    (Department of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Pontifical University of Comillas, 07013 Palma, Spain
    SER Research Group, Pontifical University of Comillas, 07013 Palma, Spain)

  • Hugo Sarmento

    (Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, 3000-248 Coimbra, Portugal
    Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity (CIDAF), 3000-248 Coimbra, Portugal)

  • Alfonso Castillo-Rodríguez

    (Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain)

  • Rui Silva

    (Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal)

  • Filipe Manuel Clemente

    (Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
    Instituto de Telecomunicações, Delegação da Covilhã, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal)

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.

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  • Francisco Tomás González-Fernández & Hugo Sarmento & Alfonso Castillo-Rodríguez & Rui Silva & Filipe Manuel Clemente, 2021. "Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:19:p:10125-:d:643857
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