The Effects of Agility Training Programs on Football Players at Debsirin Nonthaburi School

Abstract

Abstract

             This research aimed to study and to compare the effects of agility training programs on football player of Debsirin Nonthaburi School. The sample used in the research consisted of 20 football players of Debsirin Nonthaburi School divided into a control group of 10 football players and an experimental group of 10 football players, obtained by matching the agility outcomes. The research instrument used were the agility program and the Illinois Agility Test (Getchell, 1979). Statistics used in data analysis included percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and the differences were compared using the Independent       T-test.

Research results are as follows: (1) The results of comparing the agility scores at before training between the control group and the experimental group were not different. (2) The results of comparing the agility scores at after training between the control group and the experimental group were different at statistical significance level of .05.