The Importance of a Sport-Specific Stimulus for Training Agility

Young, Warren; Farrow, Damian

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“…Although commonly utilised within training drills, light stimuli are reported to increase joint loading beyond that of 2D and 3D stimuli (Lee et al, 2013). Moreover, use of generic light stimuli fail to allow for assessment of sport-relevant perceptual-cognitive ability (Oliver & Meyers, 2009;Young & Farrow, 2013). Whilst video stimuli allow for controlled, reliable, sport-specific stimuli to be exhibited to athletes during agility test performance, the ability to consistently replicate and administer this mode of test within practice, is limited.…”

Section: Evaluating Running Characteristics Of Soccer -Cod/agilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Reliability and validity of field‐based fitness tests in youth soccer players

Dugdale

Arthur

Sanders

et al. 2018

European Journal of Sport Science

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IV-LIST OF FIGURES V-LIST OF TABLES VI-LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 General aims of this thesis 1.3 Overview of thesis CHAPTER 2-REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Talent identification 2.1.1 Talent identification in soccer 2.1.2 Talent development 2.1.3 Limitations of talent identification 2.1.3.1 The relative age effect 2.1.3.2 Maturation-selection phenomenon 2.1.3.3 Growth and maturation 2.1.3.4 Challenges of talent identification 2.1.4 Limitations of talent development 2.1.5 Talent identification-summary 2.2 Physical characteristics of soccer 2.2.1 Physical characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.1 Running characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.2 Strength and power characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.3 Anthropometric and morphologic characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.4 Physical characteristics of professional soccer-summary 2.2.2 Physical characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.1 Running characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.2 Strength and power characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.3 Anthropometric and morphologic characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.4 Physical characteristics of youth soccer-summary 2.2.3 Physical characteristics of soccer-summary 2.3 Physical performance testing in soccer 2.3.1 Evaluating running characteristics of soccer 2.3.1.1 Evaluating running characteristics of soccerendurance 2.3.1.2 Evaluating running characteristics of soccerlinear sprint speed 2.3.1.3 Evaluating running characteristics of soccer-COD/agility 2.3.2 Evaluating strength and power characteristics of soccer 2.3.2.1 Evaluating strength characteristics of soccer 2.3.2.2 Evaluating power characteristics of soccer 2.3.3 Evaluating anthropometric and morphologic characteristics of soccer 2.3.4 Physical performance testing in soccer-summary 2.4 Physical performance testing for talent identification and development 2.4.1 Physical performance testing for talent identification 2.4.2 Physical performance testing for talent development 2.5 Literature review-summary 2.6 Aims VII-SYNTHESIS (LITERATURE REVIEW-CHAPTER 3) CHAPTER 3-RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF COMMONLY USED FIELD-BASED FITNESS TESTS IN YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Methods 3.3 Results 3.4 Discussion 3.5 Conclusion VIII-SYNTHESIS (CHAPTER 3-CHAPTER 4) CHAPTER 4-CHANGE OF DIRECTION AND AGILITY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN PROFESSIONAL YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Methods 4.3 Results 4.4 Discussion 4.5 Conclusion IX-SYNTHESIS (CHAPTER 4-CHAPTER 5) CHAPTER 5-A COMPARISON OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION METHODS OF PHYSICAL QUALITIES IN PROFESSIONAL YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Methods 5.3 Results 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusion X-SYNTHESIS (CHAPTER 5-CHAPTER 6

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Section: Evaluating Running Characteristics Of Soccer -Cod/agilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Reliability and validity of field‐based fitness tests in youth soccer players

Dugdale

Arthur

Sanders

et al. 2018

European Journal of Sport Science

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“…When assessing agility performance, however, versions of the Y-sprint drill are often implemented to maintain high sprint velocity and mimic the "cut" action, commonly observed during team and invasion sports [12,[20][21][22]. Moreover, it is suggested that the presence of a stimulus may influence the physical demands elicited during a test [10,[22][23][24]. Therefore, sufficient consideration should be given to both mechanical and conditional demands when selecting suitable COD and agility tests [15].…”

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Reliability of Change of Direction and Agility Assessments in Youth Soccer Players

Dugdale

Sanders

Hunter

2020

Sports

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Considering the vast physical and neural developments experienced throughout adolescence, the reliability of physical performance may vary in youth populations. This study aimed to examine the reliability of change of direction (COD) and agility tests in youth soccer players. Altogether, 86 youth soccer players, aged 13.6 ± 2.0 years, volunteered to participate. Data were collected from a modified 505 COD test (m505COD) and the Y-sprint drill in both pre-planned (Y-SprintPRE) and reactive (Y-SprintREACT) conditions during 2 sessions, 7 days apart. Anthropometric data including body mass, standing stature, and sitting height were also collected. COD and agility tests demonstrated good reliability (ICC = 0.81–0.91; CV = 1.2–2.0; d = 0.00–0.31; p < 0.01) for our entire sample. However, we observed a small negative relationship between age and intersession differences for the Y-SprintPRE (r = −0.28; p = 0.04), and moderate negative relationships between both age (r = −0.41; p < 0.01), and maturity offset (r = −0.39; p < 0.01) for the Y-SprintREACT. Although the COD and agility tests adopted within this study possess good intersession reliability, we observed greater intersession differences for younger and less mature individuals. We suggest that while COD and agility tests may provide meaningful objective data for monitoring the development of youth soccer players, these tests should be used with caution when evaluating younger, more immature athletes.

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“…Agility has been traditionally referred to as motor quickness including the ability to generate explosive power 1,2 and the ability to change direction rapidly 3,4 . However, a comprehensive definition of agility suggests that the cognitive quickness related to perceptual and decision-making skills is another key element constituting agility 5,6 , and should be considered in developing sport-specific agility test and training 7,8 . In invasion sports where opponents attempt to invade each other's territory to gain advantages, the cognitive element of agility test has been shown sensitive to discriminate between high-level and lowlevel athletes 9 .…”

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Reactive Initiation Training is more effective than Shuttle Run to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players

Dong

Lyu

Hart

et al. 2018

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ZQ) ¶These authors contributed equally to this work. & These authors also contributed equally to this work. AbstractPurpose: Despite its well-known importance in sports, agility is ambiguously defined and lack of research. Shuttle Run (SR) is commonly used to improve the on-court agility of badminton players. Reactive Initiation Training (RIT) contrasts SR in that it only demands rapid generation of initiation step toward the direction of shuttlecock. The current study compared SR with RIT to determine which one is more effective for improving on-court agility of novice badminton players. Method: 20 novice badminton players were split in half to receive either RIT or SR on court for five days. Before and after training, participants were assessed on their ability to intercept the shuttlecocks randomly thrown by a coach to six corners of the court with and without visual occlusion of the coach. All trials of interception were recorded for video analysis of initiation time, running time and total time. Results: The mean total times were greater with visual occlusion and varied systematically with the position of interception. Both training methods shortened the mean running time, however, only RIT additionally reduced the initiation time and its proportion on those time-consuming positions in the occluded condition. Conclusion: RIT is more effective than SR to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players.

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The Importance of a Sport-Specific Stimulus for Training Agility

Cited by 47 publications

References 27 publications

Reliability and validity of field‐based fitness tests in youth soccer players

Reliability and validity of field‐based fitness tests in youth soccer players

Reliability of Change of Direction and Agility Assessments in Youth Soccer Players

Reactive Initiation Training is more effective than Shuttle Run to improve the on-court agility of novice badminton players

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