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SAQ training on sprint, change-of-direction speed, and agility in U-20 female football players.
Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06547047 (Effects of Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training on Physical, Cognitive, and Skill Performance Among University Soccer Major Students in China), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training on Physical, Cognitive, and Skill Performance Among University Soccer Major Students in China
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Benchmarking the Physical Performance Qualities in Women's Football: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Across the Performance Scale.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of speed-agility-quickness (SAQ) training on pre-planned change-of-direction speed in adolescent and young adult team ball sport athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Optimizing Agility Training in Team Sport Players-The Role of Perception- Action Coupling: A Systematic Review with Multi-Level Meta-Analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The optimal dose of strength and conditioning training for enhancing physical performance in football players: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Performance adaptations to speed, agility, and quickness training in team-sport athletes: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) training on soccer player performance-a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of an 8-week Exer-Genie-assisted speed and ABC drill training program on speed, hamstring strength, and vertical jump performance in female football players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Effects of 8 Weeks of Neuromuscular and SAQ Training on Physical Performance in Youth Soccer Players.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Epidemiology, injury mechanisms, and prevention strategies in Ultimate Frisbee.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Delayed potentiation effect after high-load resistance priming: Effects of rest-redistribution set structures on athletic performance.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Effects of speed, agility, and quickness training on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Perception-Action Training Devices on Quickness and Reaction Time in Female Volleyball Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of an 8-week speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) training on performance changes in linear sprint speed, change-of-direction (COD) speed, and reactive agility of U-20 female football players. Nineteen female football players randomly served as either experimental (n = 9) or control groups (n = 10). The players were tested for physical fitness tests: linear sprint speed including both short and long distances (5- and 10-m sprints without a ball and 20- and 30-m sprints with and without dribbling), COD speed (arrowhead agility test with and without dribbling a ball, Southeast Missouri [SEMO] agility test, and 22-m repeated slalom dribbling test), and reactive agility. Significant group × time interactions were observed for sprint over long distances and COD speed but not for short sprint and reactive agility performances. Paired t-tests revealed considerable improvements in all performances from the pre-test to post-test for the SAQ group, except for the arrowhead agility (left; p = .07). The control group only exhibited significant improvements in 10-m sprint performance after general football training. Eight weeks of SAQ training were effective at enhancing acceleration, maximum sprint speed, and agility performances amongst highly trained U-20 female football players.
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