The Effects of a Six-Week Preparatory Period on the Transformation of Speed and Agility Ability in Senior Female Soccer Players
Volume 13, Issue 1 (2023)
Volume 13, Issue 1 (2023)
The Effects of a Six-Week Preparatory Period on the Transformation of Speed and Agility Ability in Senior Female Soccer Players
Abstract:
The aim of this research was to determine
the effects of a six-week preparatory period on the development
of speed and agility in female soccer players of
“Emina” Women’s Soccer Team of Mostar (n=18), who
competed in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
in the season 2021/22. In the research, variables were
applied to determine the basic characteristics of female
soccer players: Age (years), Height (cm), Mass (kg), BMI
(kg/m2), to assess speed ability: Sprint 5m (s), 10m (s),
20m (s) and agility: 10x5 m test (s), Zig-Zag test (s) and
505 test (s). The average age of female soccer players was
21.27 ± 4.57 years, average height 167.2 cm ± 5.82 cm
and average weight 60.4 kg ± 7.36 kg. The dependent samples
T-test was run to determine the statistical significance
of the differences in arithmetic means between the initial
and final measurements. The reported results of the T-test
showed that after the six-week preparatory period, the test
subjects had a lower mass (t=3.027; df=17; sig.= 0.008;
p≤ 0.05) and BMI (t=2.253; df=17; sig.= 0.038; p≤ 0.05).
Statistically significant differences at the level of p≤ 0.05,
after the program had been completed, were reported for
the agility tests 10x5m (t=3.125; df=17; sig.=0.006) and
505 test (t=3.028; df=17; sig.= 0.008). In other variables,
positive changes were reported, but they were not statistically
significant at the p≤ 0.05 level. We concluded that the
six-week preparatory period program produced statistically
significant changes in the area of agility and that the
training should focus more on improving speed and speed
endurance in the given sample of female football players
Keywords:
women’s soccer, agility, speed, training, preparatory period.
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