Importance of Agility Performance in Professional Futsal Players; Reliability and Applicability of Newly Developed Testing Protocols

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dc.contributor.authorSekulic, Damir
dc.contributor.authorForetic, Nikola
dc.contributor.authorGilic, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorEsco, Michael R.
dc.contributor.authorHammami, Raouf
dc.contributor.authorUljevic, Ognjen
dc.contributor.authorVersic, Sime
dc.contributor.authorSpasic, Miodrag
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Split
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherUniversite de Sfax
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:35:55Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:35:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the inter- and intra-testing reliability of newly developed tests of the change of direction speed (CODS) and reactive agility (RAG) in competitive futsal players. Additionally, the developed tests were evaluated for their validity with regard to the differentiation of two performance-levels. Thirty-two professional male futsal players (age = 26.22 +/- 5.22 years; body height = 182.13 +/- 5.99 cm, body mass = 77.43 +/- 8.00 kg) participated in the study. The sample was divided into two groups based on their level of futsal performance: A top-level-group (n = 12) and a team-level-group (n = 20). The variables included body height, mass, body mass index, a sprint over a 10-m distance (S10M), and eight newly developed futsal specific CODS and RAG tests. The CODS and RAG tests were performed by dribbling the balls (CODS_D and RAG_D) and without dribbling (CODS_T and RAG_T), and the performances on the dominant and non-dominant sides were observed separately. All CODS, and RAG tests performed on dominant side and RAG_T tests performed on the non-dominant side had good inter-testing (CV = 5-8%; ICC = 0.76-0.89) and intra-testing (CV = 4-9%; ICC = 0.77-0.91) reliability. However, RAG_D performed on the non-dominant side was not reliable (ICC = 0.60, CV = 10%). The top-level-players outperformed the team-level-players in the CODS and RAG tests that involved dribbling (t-test: 4.28 and 2.40, p < 0.05; effect sizes (ES): 0.81 and 1.5, respectively), while the team-level players achieved better results in the CODS_T (t-test: 2.08, p < 0.05; ES: 0.60). The proposed CODS and RAG tests that involved dribbling over a 3.2-m distance, especially on the dominant side, appeared to be reliable, as well as valid for distinguishing the performance level in futsal players.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationSekulic, D., Foretic, N., Gilic, B., Esco, M. R., Hammami, R., Uljevic, O., Versic, S., & Spasic, M. (2019). Importance of Agility Performance in Professional Futsal Players; Reliability and Applicability of Newly Developed Testing Protocols. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 16, Issue 18, p. 3246). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183246
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph16183246
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-7315
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9160-0217
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8022-7886
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11541
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectconditioning capacities
dc.subjectvalidity
dc.subjectteam sports
dc.subjectdribbling
dc.subjectsport-specific test
dc.subjectPLAYING POSITIONS
dc.subjectSOCCER
dc.subjectSPEED
dc.subjectMOTOR
dc.subjectVALIDITY
dc.subjectVARIABLES
dc.subjectHANDBALL
dc.subjectSKILL
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subjectPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
dc.titleImportance of Agility Performance in Professional Futsal Players; Reliability and Applicability of Newly Developed Testing Protocolsen_US
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