THE EFFECTS OF THE 11+ ON AGILITY PERFORMANCE IN ADOLESCENT FUTSAL PLAYERS

Abstract

The major aims of this project were to investigate the effects of the 11+ training programme on agility performance in adolescent futsal players. There were sixteen subjects in training group (TG) and 14 subjects in control group (CG). Illinois agility test and nine-square test were measured in three times periods namely, baseline- (wk-0), during- (wk-5) and final-test (wk-10) of training period. The TG followed the 11+ training programme which trained between after wk-0 to wk-5 and after wk-5 to wk-10, 5 d/wk, for 10-weeks.
Agility performance were tested by Illinois agility test in TG. They were increased significantly after 10-weeks of training program (p < 0.05). Nine-square test in TG showed to tend to improvement significantly.
These results were concluded that the 11+ training programme could improve agility performance in adolescent futsal players after trained with the 11+ training programme longer than 10-weeks.
(Journal of Sports Science and Technology 2015; 15(2); 59-67)