Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: May | Volume: 10 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 40-44
Relationship between Reactive Agility and Playing Positions in Amateur Football Players
Ankit Chinta1, Richa Bisen2, Khyati Kalra3
1B.P.Th, SKN College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India
2MPT in Orthopaedics and Manual Therapy, Assistant professor, Electrotherapy and Electrodiagnosis Department, SKN College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India
3Assistant Professor cum Statistician, Department of Community Medicine, SKN Medical College & General Hospital, Pune, India
Corresponding Author: Ankit Chinta
ABSTRACT
Background: Reactive Agility is an important skill and a determinant in soccer success. Hence it is a key performance indicator. A soccer player develops a certain set of skills by playing at a particular position because of the demands that are placed by that position. Hence this study aimed to verify if Reactive Agility is influenced by amateur football players playing positions.
Methods: 42 Amateur football players between the age group of 11-21 years were selected for this study. The participants included 14 attackers, 14 midfielders and 14 defenders. A soccer specific Reactive agility test was performed by all the players. The significance of differences between the groups was calculated using Analysis of variance (Anova) test.
Results: Anova shows significant statistical difference in Reactive Agility among the different playing positions in amateur football players (p<0.001) When multiple comparisons between the groups were analysed it showed that midfielders performed significantly better than attackers and defenders.
Conclusion: On the basis of the result obtained, we can say that Reactive Agility differs in different playing positions in Amateur football players and it can be used as an indicator to assign positional roles in Amateur football teams.
Key words: Soccer, Reactive Agility, Playing positions, Soccer specific Reactive agility test.