Ffect of Eight Week Agility-Oriented Training  On Selected Technical Skills among U-13 Male Football Players in Woreta Town

Zemene

dc.contributor.author	Zemene
dc.date.accessioned	2025-09-02T10:33:32Z
dc.date.available	2025-09-02T10:33:32Z
dc.date.issued	2025-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/16850
dc.description.abstract	The present study examined the effect of an 8-week agility-oriented training program on the technical skills of football players, focusing on ball control, dribbling, passing, and shooting. A total of 26 male football players from a town project participated and were randomly assigned to an experimental group (EG, n = 13), which received agility-specific training, and a control group (CG, n = 13), which followed conventional training without agility drills. Pre- and posttest evaluations were conducted to assess changes in football skill performance. Descriptive statistics indicated that the EG consistently achieved higher post-test scores across all technical skills compared to the CG. Specifically, the EG achieved mean scores of 6.85 in ball control, 7.38 in dribbling, 5.31 in passing, and 7.85 in shooting, whereas the CG recorded 3.77, 3.38, 3.00, and 4.92, respectively. Box’s Test of Equality of Covariance Matrices confirmed the assumption of homogeneity (Box’s M = 3.429, p = .986), validating the use of MANOVA. Multivariate analysis revealed a significant overall effect of the training intervention on the combined technical skills (Pillai’s Trace = 0.954, Wilks’ Lambda = 0.046, F(4, 21) = 0.954, p < .001, partial η² = 0.954). Univariate analyses further confirmed that the EG significantly outperformed the CG in each individual skill. Ball control (F(1,24) = 82.05, p < .001, η² = 0.774), dribbling (F(1,24) = 306.11, p < .001, η² = 0.927), passing (F(1,24) = 40.00, p < .001, η² = 0.625), and shooting (F(1,24) = 43.54, p < .001, η² = 0.645) all showed substantial improvements in the EG. Estimated marginal means and 95% confidence intervals supported these findings, confirming that agility-oriented training significantly enhanced each technical skill compared to the control condition. These results demonstrate that agility-oriented training produces meaningful improvements in football players’ technical performance. The study highlights the importance of incorporating structured agility drills into regular football training programs to enhance ball control, dribbling, passing, and shooting abilities. The findings contribute to the growing body of literature emphasizing the role of agility-oriented interventions in improving sports performance and provide empirical support for their use in practical coaching contexts. Overall, this study confirms that systematic agility-oriented training can significantly enhance football players’ technical skills and performance outcomes, suggesting its value for both developmental and competitive settings.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Sport Science	en_US
dc.title	Ffect of Eight Week Agility-Oriented Training On Selected Technical Skills among U-13 Male Football Players in Woreta Town	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US