Association of Anthropometric Profile to speed and agility performance in male soccer players

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between anthropometric, sprint and agility performance insoccer players. Descriptive cross-sectional study was employed on purposely selected 25 soccer players from Sidama Coffeeand Hawassa City soccer clubs in southern part of Ethiopian premier league male soccer players. To serve these purpose basicanthropometric parameters (Body mass, height, body mass index), girth anthropometric (upper arm, waist, thigh and calfcircumference) were measured. Performance measures of 30 meter speed test and Illinois agility tests also were measured oneach subject. The obtained quantitative data was analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to examine the differencein performance between playing position and Pearson correlation (p