Research regarding the development and evaluation of agility (balance, coordination and speed) in children aged 9-10 years

Szabo, Dan Alexandru; Neagu, Nicolae; Sopa, Ioan Sabin

doi:10.26659/pm3.2020.21.1.33

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“…Since time is measured in agility tests, it is clear that the students achieved shorter time by performing the tests after the experimental treatment, and at the same time, they were faster and more explosive. This interconnection between the components of physical abilities is also confirmed by previous researches (Pettersen & Mathisen, 2012;Moradi & Esmaeilzadeh, 2015;Coetzee, 2016;Szabo, Neagu & Sopa, 2020). For example, elementary school students who participated in a six-week program consisting of short explosive activities were found to have a positive effect on performance in speed and agility (Pettersen & Mathisen, 2012) or in a Coetzee study (2016) that found a significant correlation between agility and sprinting speed in children aged 9 and 10, but also with strength and balance.…”

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“…For example, elementary school students who participated in a six-week program consisting of short explosive activities were found to have a positive effect on performance in speed and agility (Pettersen & Mathisen, 2012) or in a Coetzee study (2016) that found a significant correlation between agility and sprinting speed in children aged 9 and 10, but also with strength and balance. Szabo, Neagu & Sopa (2020) claim that a specific program for the development of combined motor skills significantly affects speed and agility, which also indicates their interconnectedness.…”

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Effect of the Eight-Week Agility Development Program in Elementary School Students

Milenković

2022

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The research was conducted in order to determine the effect of an eight-week agility development program (ADP) in elementary school students. Materials and methods. 107 fifth grade elementary school students from four classes randomly marked as agility development program (ADP) group (n = 55) or control (CON) group (n = 52) took part in the testing. The students had two classes of physical education per week, which is a total of 16 classes in eight weeks. ADP lasting 15 minutes was conducted within the main part of the physical education class. Both groups attended physical education classes, except that the control group had activities without a special agility development program. Two-tailed independent t-test was used to analyze differences in agility between the ADP and the CON and the change in the performance from pre- to posttests between groups. Two-tailed paired t-test was used to analyze changes in agility performance between pre- and posttests within both groups. Results. Compared with the CON, the ADP group showed significantly better performances (p≤0.05) in Zig-zag test, Illinois Agility Run test, Agility T test and Arrowhead Agility test after the training period, but not in Balsom agility test (p>0.05). Conclusions. The positive effect of the 8-week agility development program (ADP) on improving agility was determined. Therefore it can be concluded that the implemented program for the development of agility can contribute to the improvement of physical performance and various skills needed for the proper development of children.

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Effect of the Eight-Week Agility Development Program in Elementary School Students

Milenković

2022

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“…These specific drills allow the player to develop his dribbling skills in real-time in situations similar to those of a real match. Specific training can provide sufficient stimulus to improve coordination in soccer performance (Szabo et al, 2020;Tessitore et al, 2011). On the other hand based on literature studies, the HIIT approach can improve the physical performance of players (Arazi et al, 2017;Clemente et al, 2021).…”

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The Effect of 6 Weeks of Combination of Three Cone Exercise Using Ball and High-Intensity Interval Training on the Agility and Dribbling Ability of Student Futsal Athletes

Wiranata,

Kusuma,

Phanpheng

et al. 2023

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Study purpose. Three-Cone Drill using the Ball (TCDB) High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is an exercise that requires players to perform fast movements and sharp changes of direction using a ball over three cones with high intensity. This exercise is based on the application of specific training principles using the ball and the principle of overload, which aims to improve agility and dribbling skills. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of TCDB+HIIT on the agility and dribbling ability of student futsal athletes. Materials and methods. This study used an experimental method with a One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The participants in this study were student futsal athletes, totaling 14 players aged 16.6±0.7 years, with body height 170.2±3.36 cm, body mass of 59±9.11 kg, and BMI 20.4±3.25. The research instruments used were the Illinois Agility Test and the futsal dribbling test. Data analysis used the Paired Samples T-Test at a significance level of 0.05; the prerequisite test used was the Shapiro-Wilk test. Results. Based on the results of the Paired Samples T-Test test, it was found that the sig value (2-tailed) of the speed variable was 0.001 < 0.05, with an increase of 0.99 ± 0.57. In the dribbling variable, the sig (2-tailed) value is 0.001 < 0.05, with an increase of 1.88 ± 1.722. Conclusions. This study concludes that TCDB + HIIT exercises are effectively applied to increase futsal players’ agility and dribbling abilities.

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“…Moreover, she must be ready for the catch, with her fingers closing around the ball before the moment of contact, or she will not be able to catch it. Too, the level of physical and useful improvement of children (Szabo and Sopa, 2020a;Szabo and Sopa, 2020b;Szabo and Sopa, 2020c) is an important aspect in improving eye-hand coordination, reaction speed, agility, balance and motor abilities in general (Pomohaci and Sopa, 2017a;Pomohaci and Sopa, 2017b;Sopa and Pomohaci, 2017;Sopa and Pomohaci, 2018a;Sopa and Pomohaci, 2018b).…”

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Testing the visual-motor coordination and reaction speed in children aged between 10–14 years old

Szabo¹,

UJICĂ²,

URSU³

2021

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The present study aimed to debate a topic less addressed by most people, which involved research on a group of 20 students from rural areas, aged 10–14 years, which consists of performing two tests, namely the Ruler drop test and the Hand-eye coordination test, which aims at the reaction speed of the dominant and non-dominant hand and also the hand-eye coordination capacity of the subjects. The paper aimed to identify whether somatic factors and age influence the results of the group. In order to perform the two tests, it was necessary, for the beginning, information related to the study group, information on weight, age, height, dominant hand, respectively dominant eye. These represented the point of interest of the research, being reported individually to the test results, thus constituting the study basis of statistics. After obtaining the results, we concluded that a significant significance is encountered when comparing the dominant hand with the non-dominant one, obtaining a positive value for the dominant hand. At the same time, we interpreted after the research that females tend to have a much faster reaction speed, more significant than the males when it comes to using the non-dominant hand. The hypothesis was confirmed, with differences in somatic factors’ influence, but the others do not show significant values except those stated above. In addition to the practical part, the research involves an interesting theoretical foundation being reached aspects related to proprioception, coordination, speed, ways of using tests, and the opinion of other researchers who have conducted similar studies.

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Research regarding the development and evaluation of agility (balance, coordination and speed) in children aged 9-10 years

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Effect of the Eight-Week Agility Development Program in Elementary School Students

Effect of the Eight-Week Agility Development Program in Elementary School Students

The Effect of 6 Weeks of Combination of Three Cone Exercise Using Ball and High-Intensity Interval Training on the Agility and Dribbling Ability of Student Futsal Athletes

Testing the visual-motor coordination and reaction speed in children aged between 10–14 years old

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