The effect of core stability training on ball-kicking velocity, sprint speed, and agility in adolescent male football players

Ceyda Sofuoğlu, Zehra Güçhan Topçu and Volga Bayrakcı Tunay

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of core stability training program on ball-kicking velocity, running speed, and agility in adolescent male football players. To this end, 36 male football players aged 12–14 were divided into the training group and control group. Before implementing the core stability training program, participants’ ball-kicking velocity, sprint speed, and agility performance were measured with a Bushnell velocity radar gun, 20 m sprint test, and 505 agility test, respectively, in both training group and control group. After the measurements, the training group followed core stability training program three days a week, for eight weeks in addition to the routine training program, while the control group followed the routine training program only. Ball-kicking velocity, sprint speed, and agility performance were re-measured in both groups after the completion of the core stability training program. Significant improvements were detected in all parameters, i.e., ball-kicking velocity, sprint speed, and agility performance in the training group (p 0.05), whereas a significant improvement was observed in agility performance (p 0.05). In conclusion, this study’s findings suggest that core stability exercises can be incorporated into the routine training program of adolescent male football players.

Date: 2024
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