The influence of specific training load on the level of reactive and planned agility in floorball

Abstract

The aim of our research was to verify the impact of the selected training means of training load in the interval of 10 weeks during the competition period in the season 2021/2022 and to diagnose changes in selected indicators of reactive and planned agility in the senior extra-league woman team of floorball players in the club VŠK PdF UK Hurikán Bratislava. The research group consisted of woman floorball players (n = 12, aged 22,6 ± 1,6). Motor indicators consisted of reactive agility tests (Y-Agility test, modified Fitro Agility Check-test) and running agility (T-Agility test). For more accurate measurement, we used Mircrogate photocells, the Witty Sem Microgate signalling light device. The result of our work was the detection of statistically significant changes in the differences at the 5% and 10% level of significance, which we noted due to the influence of selected means of training load. In the indicators of reactive agility in the Y-Agility test, we reached a statistically significant P-value (0.054) at the 10% level of significance. In the Fitro Agility Check test, we recorded a statistically significant P -value (0.071) at the 10% level of significance. In the T-test indicator of planned agility, we found a P-value (0.934), which did not correspond to any of the monitored levels of significance. We confirmed that in our monitored team of woman floorball players the level of reactive agility in the Y-agility and Fitro Agility Check tests was higher, also confirmed by statistical level of significance. On the contrary, we did not found a significant increase in the level of planned agility test and no statistical significance was confirmed. We recommend regularly working on increasing the level of reactive agility in team sports in all age categories.Acknowledgements: The contribution was realized as a part of the grant project VEGA 1/0313/22 -Identification of reactive agility factors in team sports.

Agility Test Innovation on Special Badminton Athletes for the Junior Category (U17): Validity and Reliability

“…Therefore, with various scientific literature studies, various books and journal studies, the chosen innovation is a form of the Y agility test model. The results of scientific publications on the Y agility test were also carried out on handball, basketball, and floorball (Horníková et al, 2021); (Horníková & Zemková, 2022); (Paška et al, 2023). From the results of the analysis of this study, the results of the Y agility test are very dependent on the motor abilities of athletes such as running ability, strength, speed to visual reaction.…”

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study is to produce innovative badminton agility tests specifically for athletes aged 15-17 years based on a Y-shaped agility test. Y-shaped agility tests have been around for a long time and are commonly used in basketball, football, floorball and handball (Horička & Šimonek, 2019); (Dugdale et al, 2020); (Kaczka et al, 2022); (Paška et al, 2023). Then the development of the Y form of agility test was also developed for field tennis through validity and reliability tests (W. .…”