The aim of this study was to examine the effect of futsal-specific training on the speed, agility and anaerobic endurance of male futsal players aged 16-17. The research is an experimental model. For this purpose, a pretest-posttest model was used for the experimental and control groups. 40 male football players aged 16-17 who were studying in Istanbul province during the 2018-2019 academic year, who had no health problems, who had played football in the school team for at least 2 years, who did training for at least 1 hour a day on 3 days per week, and whose sporting levels were similar to each other, were recruited to the study group. The athletes’ height and body weight were measured, and to measure their speed, 10m and 20m speed tests were applied, to measure their agility, a reactive agility test was carried out, while to measure their anaerobic endurance, the RAST (Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test) test was performed. The group was divided into two with the purposeful sampling method. 20 athletes continued with traditional football-specific training, while 20 players took part in futsal-specific training. Following the 8-week training applied, a posttest comparison of players in the group doing futsal- specific training and those in the football-specific traditional training group was made. SPSS 22 software was used for the data analysis. Following the futsal and football training sessions, no significant differences were found in the athletes’ speed and anaerobic endurance measurements (p>0.05), whereas statistically significant differences were found in their agility measurements (p>0.05). In the reactive agility test, average times of (3.85±0.145) for the futsal group and (3.93±0.103) for the football group were measured for the right exit gate, while average times of (3.87±0.121) for the futsal group and (3.99±0.138) for the football group were measured for the left exit gate. When the agility measurements for the athletes doing futsal training are examined, it is seen that agility characteristics of the futsal players developed more positively when compared to those of the football players. According to the research results, it was determined that futsal-specific training had a positive effect on the athletes’ speed, agility and endurance skills.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Article |
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Publication Date | December 30, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 3 Issue: 3 |