Agreement Between Dribble and Change of Direction Deficits to Assess Directional Asymmetry in Young Elite Football Players
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Approach
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Testing Procedures
2.3.1. Sprint Assessment
2.3.2. Dribbling and Change of Direction Assessment
2.3.3. Asymmetric Index Calculation
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Physical Performance Tests | Mean ± SD | 95% CI |
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10 m sprint | ||
Sprint running time (s) | 1.89 ± 0.09 | 1.83 to 1.94 |
90°CODrunning | ||
Total running time D *** a (s) | 2.43 ± 0.06 | 2.39 to 2.46 |
Total running time ND (s) | 2.50 ± 0.07 | 2.46 to 2.54 |
COD deficit D *** b (s) | 0.54 ± 0.09 | 0.49 to 0.59 |
COD deficit ND (s) | 0.61 ± 0.10 | 0.56 to 0.67 |
90°CODdribbling | ||
Total dribbling time D *** c (s) | 2.84 ± 0.14 | 2.76 to 2.92 |
Total dribbling time ND (s) | 2.93 ± 0.18 | 2.84 to 3.03 |
Dribble deficit D *** c (s) | 0.33 ± 0.10 | 0.27 to 0.38 |
Dribble deficit ND (s) | 0.43 ± 0.12 | 0.37 to 0.50 |
Asymmetry | ||
AI COD deficit (%) | −14.62 ± 13.03 | −21.56 to −7.67 |
AI Dribble deficit * (%) | −36.11 ± 27.56 | −50.80 to −21.42 |
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Trecroci, A.; Bongiovanni, T.; Cavaggioni, L.; Pasta, G.; Formenti, D.; Alberti, G. Agreement Between Dribble and Change of Direction Deficits to Assess Directional Asymmetry in Young Elite Football Players. Symmetry 2020, 12, 787. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12050787
Trecroci A, Bongiovanni T, Cavaggioni L, Pasta G, Formenti D, Alberti G. Agreement Between Dribble and Change of Direction Deficits to Assess Directional Asymmetry in Young Elite Football Players. Symmetry. 2020; 12(5):787. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12050787
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrecroci, Athos, Tindaro Bongiovanni, Luca Cavaggioni, Giulio Pasta, Damiano Formenti, and Giampietro Alberti. 2020. "Agreement Between Dribble and Change of Direction Deficits to Assess Directional Asymmetry in Young Elite Football Players" Symmetry 12, no. 5: 787. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12050787
APA StyleTrecroci, A., Bongiovanni, T., Cavaggioni, L., Pasta, G., Formenti, D., & Alberti, G. (2020). Agreement Between Dribble and Change of Direction Deficits to Assess Directional Asymmetry in Young Elite Football Players. Symmetry, 12(5), 787. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12050787