Agility literature review: Classifications, training and testing

By J. Sheppard, W. Young. Jurnal sport science, 2006

1,656 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

1. J. Oliver
2. R. Lloyd
3. M. Buchheit
4. W. Young
5. Sophia Nimphius

In Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

1. J. Oliver
2. R. Lloyd

Citations in the corpus

• Agility and Change-of-Direction Speed are Independent Skills: Implications for Training for Agility in Invasion Sports (2015, background): “Unfortunately there is no universally accepted definition of agility [2].”
• Relationships between sprinting, agility, one- and two-leg vertical and horizontal jump in soccer players (2014, neutral): “It has been suggested that the characteristics of CODA tests affect the magnitude of association between several athletic performance variables (Chaouachi, et al., 2012; Sheppard & Young, 2006).”
• CHANGE OF DIRECTION SPEED IN SOCCER: HOW MUCH BRAKING IS ENOUGH? (2015, background): “Key words: acceleration, deceleration, speed profile, sprint, laser gun, soccer”
• The differences in acceleration, maximal speed and agility between soccer, basketball, volleyball and handball players (2017, background): “Sheppard & Young (2006) also claim that speed and agility represent independent physical abilities and therefore their development requires high degree of neuro -muscular specificity.”
• The Youth Physical Development Model: A New Approach to Long-Term Athletic Development (2012, methodology): “Young WB. Transfer of strength and power training to sports performance.”
• Correlates of Gross Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2016, background): “as ‘‘a rapid whole-body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus’’ [36] (p.”
• Training Principles for Power (2012, background): “An unloaded condition involves activities such as sprinting or the squat jump, where an athlete primarily overcomes the inertia of their body mass (67).”