期刊名称：Research in Physical Education, Sport and Health
印刷版ISSN：1857-8152
出版年度：2018
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：23-30
出版社：Faculty of Physical Culture, Skopje
摘要：Talent identification and early selection into a professional football academy have been reported to
be very important for the long-term development of footballing expertise. Through football-specific
research, a number of anthropometric and physical parameters have been linked to successful
performance in football. The objective of the research study was to explore speed and agility tests of
U15 and U16 academy football players according to playing positions, which can be used to predict their
future success in football. The sample of research were 60 football players from academy in UAE (31
players age U15 and 29 players age U16), conferred by the position in the football field (playing positions)
at the 4 subsamples: Goalkeepers (8), defenders (16), midfielders (20) and forwards (16).The study
found out that of all the speed and agility tests assessed, the most discriminatory ones were: sprint speed
20-meter sprints. Results obtained in the testing can also contribute to control of the training process and
the proper directing and selection of football players. Finally, this study allowed some normative data for
football players to be established and provided a complete speed and agility picture than in earlier studies.
关键词：speed and agility tests; academy football players; playing positions
