PMID- 20145571
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100524
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1533-4287 (Electronic)
IS  - 1064-8011 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 3
DP  - 2010 Mar
TI  - Reliability and factorial validity of agility tests for soccer players.
PG  - 679-86
LID - 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181c4d324 [doi]
AB  - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and factorial validity 
      of agility tests used in soccer. One hundred fifty (n = 150), elite, male, junior 
      soccer players, members of the First Junior League Team, volunteered to 
      participate in the study. The slalom test (ST) sprint 4 x 5 m (S4 x 5) and sprint 
      9-3-6-3-6-9 m with 180 degree turns (S180 degrees) tests had a greater 
      reliability coefficient (alpha = 0.992, 0.979, and 0.976), whereas the 
      within-subject variation ranged between 2.9 and 5.6%. The mentioned 6 agility 
      tests resulted in the extraction of 2 significant components. The S4 x 5 test had 
      the lowest correlation coefficient with the first component (r = 0.38), whereas 
      the correlation coefficients of the other 5 agility tests were higher than 0.63. 
      The T-test (TT) showed statistically significant differences between the 
      defenders and midfielders (p < 0.05) and between the defenders and attackers (p < 
      0.05). Statistical significant differences were determined between the attackers 
      and defenders in the sprint 9-3-6-3-9 m with backward and forward running (SBF) 
      and p < 0.05. It can be concluded that of the 6 agility tests used in this study, 
      the SBF, TT, and S180 degrees are the most reliable and valid tests for 
      estimating the agility of soccer players. According to the results of the study, 
      the TT proved to be the most appropriate for estimating the agility of defenders, 
      the SBF, and S180 degrees for estimating the agility of midfielders, whereas the 
      S4 x 5 test can be used for estimating the agility of attackers.
FAU - Sporis, Goran
AU  - Sporis G
AD  - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. gsporis@kif.hr
FAU - Jukic, Igor
AU  - Jukic I
FAU - Milanovic, Luka
AU  - Milanovic L
FAU - Vucetic, Vlatko
AU  - Vucetic V
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Strength Cond Res
JT  - Journal of strength and conditioning research
JID - 9415084
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Athletes
MH  - Athletic Performance/*standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Physical Fitness/physiology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Running/physiology/standards
MH  - Soccer/*physiology/standards
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2010/02/11 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/25 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/11 06:00
PHST- 2010/02/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181c4d324 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Mar;24(3):679-86. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181c4d324.