- Title
- Correlations between attaching agility, defensive agility, change of direction speed and reactive strength in Australian footballers
- Creator
- Rayner, Russell; Young, Warren
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/162791
- Identifier
- vital:12729
- Identifier
- ISBN:1835-7644
- Abstract
- Agility refers to “a rapid whole-body movement with a change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus” (10). This is a separate physical quality to change of direction speed (CODS) which refers to rapid changes of direction which do not involve the cognitive response to a stimulus. There exists a large body of evidence investigating correlations between physical qualities and CODS (2,3,5,15). Despite this, due to the use of outdated definitions of agility in previous literature, research on agility remains limited. To the authors’ knowledge, just one previous study has tested correlations between agility and reactive strength (15). The study tested 24 Australian Footballers using a video stimulus to assess defensive agility and a found small correlation (r = -0.10) between defensive agility and reactive strength (15). Despite this, correlations between reactive strength and CODS were large (r= -0.645), suggesting that reactive strength is more important to CODS than agility. This is consistent with previous research which suggests reactive strength may be important in CODS performance (4,13,14). Nevertheless, as the majority of agility tests used in literature are defensive, no correlational studies have been undertaken to investigate attacking agility and its correlations with defensive agility and CODS. Therefore, it is unknown if attacking and defensive agility are highly correlated or independent skills. In addition, past research has shown a low correlation between defensive agility and reactive strength, but it is unknown if this correlation will be similar for attacking agility (15). Previous research has noted the possibility of a higher correlation to attacking agility due to the speed of and intensity of the approach when approaching an agility scenario (15). As the attacking athlete has more time to make a movement decision, it is possible he or she may perform a more aggressive change of direction, therefore increasing the load on the leg muscles. The purpose of this study is to understand the correlation between attacking and defensive agility and the relationship to reactive strength. This provides coaches with information on the importance of reactive strength to defensive and attacking agility.
- Publisher
- Australian Strength and Conditioning Association
- Relation
- Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning Vol. 23, no. 6 (2015), p. 108-111
- Rights
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- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Agility; Defensive agility; Change of direction speed; Reactive strength; Australian footballers
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