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Abstract
Keywords:
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Experimental Protocol
2.3.1. Anthropometric Measurements
2.3.2. Agility Measurements
2.3.3. Illinois Agility Test
2.3.4. T-Drill Test
2.3.5. Speed Visual Reaction Time Measurements
2.3.6. Zig-Zag Test
2.3.7. Balsom Run Test
2.3.8. Vertical Jump Measurements
2.3.9. Sargent Jump
2.3.10. Run Up and Double Leg Take-Off
2.3.11. Borg RPE 0-10 Scale

2.4. Training Program
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Physical Fitness
4. Discussion
Agility Factor
Speed Visual Reaction TIME Factor
Vertical Jump Factor
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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| Groups | Age (years) | Weight (kg) | Height (cm) | BMI (Kg.m-2) | HDRA (cm) |
| GE1 | 17.42 ± 0.51 | 77.80 ± 5.56 | 184.92 ± 8.14 | 22.75 ± 0.77 | 45.25 ± 2.83 |
| GE2 | 17.33 ± 0.49 | 76.48 ± 5.50 | 184.25 ± 6.09 | 22.51 ± 0.6 | 44.92 ± 3.42 |
| CG | 17.25 ± 0.45 | 77.14 ± 4.75 | 182.17 ± 4.47 | 23.22 ± 0.57 | 42.75 ± 2.53 |
| GE1 | GE2 | CG | Time effect | Groups Effect | Interaction between time and groups | |||||||||||||
| before | middle | After | before | middle | After | before | middle | After | F | p | ηp2 | F | p | ηp2 | F | p | ηp2 | |
| IAT test | 18.96 ± 0.30 + |
18.29 ± 0.37 *¥+ |
16.93 ± 0.84 *+ |
19.27 ± 0.35 µ |
18.94 ± 0.41¥ µ |
17.49 ± 0.71 * µ |
19.86 ± 0.34 + µ |
19.65 ± 0.32+ µ |
19.51 ± 0.28+ µ |
113.55 | <0.001 | 0.77 | 68.67 | <0.001 | 0.80 | 17.57 | <0.001 | 0.52 |
| T-drill test | 11.28 ± 0.35 |
10.10 ± 0.32 *+ |
9.46 ± 0.27 *+ µ |
11.30 ± 0.30 |
10.25 ± 0.35 * µ |
9.70 ± 0.23 * |
11.32 ± 0.44 |
11.24 ± 0.44+ µ |
11.20 ± 0.43+ µ |
193.04 | <0.001 | 0.85 | 40.22 | <0.001 | 0.70 | 39.39 | <0.001 | 0.71 |
| Zig-zag test | 14.96 ± 0.39 |
13.71 ± 0.34 *+ |
12.28 ± 0.41 *¥+ |
14.75 ± 0.47 |
14.19 ± 1.28 |
13.04 ± 0.58 *¥ µ |
14.70 ± 0.46 |
14.5 ± 0.40+ |
14.44 ± 0.35+µ |
66.76 | <0.001 | 0.66 | 19.39 | <0.001 | 0.54 | 13.87 | <0.001 | 0.46 |
| Balsom test | 14.96 ± 0.27+ |
13.64 ± 0.27 * + |
12.61 ± 0.29 *¥+ |
14.55 ± 0.39 µ |
13.77 ± 0.27 * µ |
13.09 ± 0.37 *¥ µ |
14.21 ± 0.31+ µ |
14.08 ± 0.27+ µ |
14.01 ± 0.31+ µ |
206.87 | <0.001 | 0.86 | 10.64 | <0.001 | 0.39 | 45.13 | <0.001 | 0.73 |
| Sargent test | 41.33 ± 3.47 |
43.83 ± 2.48 |
51.92 ± 2.54 *¥+ |
39.92 ± 1.78 |
41.83 ± 2.52 |
48.08 ± 2.68 *¥ µ |
41.33 ± 2.46 |
42.08 ± 2.15 |
43.58 ± 2.06 µ+ |
360.33 | <0.001 | 0.91 | 6.71 | <0.001 | 0.28 | 46.23 | <0.001 | 0.74 |
| Run up and double leg take-off | 59.25 ± 4.78+ |
65.42 ± 4.52 *+ |
71.58 ± 3.80 *+ |
57.08 ± 2.68 µ |
62.75 ± 3.09 * µ |
68.67 ± 2.67 * µ |
43.00 ± 1.65+ µ |
44.33 ± 2.02+ µ |
45.75 ± 2.26+ µ |
975.57 | <0.001 | 0.96 | 160.72 | <0.001 | 0.90 | 116.92 | <0.001 | 0.88 |
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