The Effects of 1:1 Interval Ratio Training on Agility and Endurance of Young Football Players

Abstract

Football has shown substantial improvements in technical and physical aspects, in addition to problems in the physical aspects of agility and endurance. The study aimed to examine 1:1 interval training methods in improving the agility and endurance of young soccer players. The study was an experimental study of a pretest-posttest control group design in which samples were taken with simple random sampling. The study participants consisted of twenty football players aged 16-17 years who were divided into control and experimental groups. The data was collected by field observations and tests, while the research instruments used included multistage fitness tests and Illinois agility tests. The data were analyzed descriptively using Mann-Whitney non-parametric tests.   The average scores obtained for agility variables in the control and experimental groups were 16.57 and 16.82, respectively, with a Mann-Whitney sig test result of 0.496>0.05. Furthermore, the variable average endurance of the experimental and control group was 42.31 and 46.70 with a sig of 0.001 <0.05 in the Mann-Whitney test, Di concluded that the 1:1 interval training ratio had no effect on improving agility, but had a significant effect on the endurance of young football players. This research is expected to be meaningful information for coaches and researchers in the future as well as a reference for developing physical conditioning, especially the endurance of young football players