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SAQ training on sprint, change-of-direction speed, and agility in U-20 female football players

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  • Young-Soo Lee
  • Dayoung Lee
  • Na Young Ahn

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of an 8-week speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) training on performance changes in linear sprint speed, change-of-direction (COD) speed, and reactive agility of U-20 female football players. Nineteen female football players randomly served as either experimental (n = 9) or control groups (n = 10). The players were tested for physical fitness tests: linear sprint speed including both short and long distances (5- and 10-m sprints without a ball and 20- and 30-m sprints with and without dribbling), COD speed (arrowhead agility test with and without dribbling a ball, Southeast Missouri [SEMO] agility test, and 22-m repeated slalom dribbling test), and reactive agility. Significant group × time interactions were observed for sprint over long distances and COD speed but not for short sprint and reactive agility performances. Paired t-tests revealed considerable improvements in all performances from the pre-test to post-test for the SAQ group, except for the arrowhead agility (left; p = .07). The control group only exhibited significant improvements in 10-m sprint performance after general football training. Eight weeks of SAQ training were effective at enhancing acceleration, maximum sprint speed, and agility performances amongst highly trained U-20 female football players.

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  • Young-Soo Lee & Dayoung Lee & Na Young Ahn, 2024. "SAQ training on sprint, change-of-direction speed, and agility in U-20 female football players," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-25, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0299204
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299204
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