The Effects of a Blended Training Program on Agility of Football Players at Nakhonratchasima College
Keywords:
Blended training, Agility, Nakhonratchasima college football playersAbstract
The purpose of this research was to study the effect of mixed training for physical performance on agility in soccer athletes. The sample was 30 Nakhon Ratchasima College male soccer players aged 19-23. Subjects were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups of equal size. Over a 6 week period, the experimental group performed blended training 3 days a week, along with regular football practice training 2 days a week, while the control group performed the regular football training program 5 days a week. The Semo agility test was used to collect pre- and post-tests data. Data were analyzed using T-tests.
The results showed that before training phase, the mean agility score was 17.11 ± 0.35 seconds for the experimental group and 17.13 ± 0.37 seconds in the control group, not significantly different at the .05 level. After the training mean, the mean agility score for the experimental group was 16.10 ± 0.40 seconds versus 16.85 ± 0.46 seconds for the control group, a significant difference (p < .05). These results suggest that coaches and football athletes should combine a blended training program with regular training sessions in order to improve athletes’ agility and increase the overall ability of the team.
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