THE EFFECT OF LEG SIZE ON THE SPEED AND QUICKNESS SKILSS OF YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Year 2019, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 211 - 217, 30.06.2019

Ömer Can Göksu , Selami Yüksek

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate the effects
of upper leg circumference and leg length on speed, quickness and step
frequency in young football players. This exercise was held with the
participation of 190 people, who has the football player licensed in category of
“U”(U15-U17) in Turkey Football Federation İstanbul Soma Aslangücü, Çeliktepe
and Seyrantepe Of Sport Club. Information such as the demographics of the
players, how many training sessions per week and how much football they played
were recorded. The survey measurements were made during the first week of the
pre-season. Measurements of 10-30 m sprint, pro-agility and 10-30 m sprint step
frequency were performed to determine the relationship among upper limb
circumference, leg length, speed and agility skills. In the analysis of the
data, the SPSS 23.0 statistical program was used. The Kolmogorov Smirnov test
was performed to determine whether the data were normal distributions.
Relations between the data were determined by Pearson correlation test and
studied at p <0.05 significance level. As a result of the analysis of the
data; statistically significant differences were found between the values of
the upper leg circumference and leg lengths of the footballers and the results
of the motoric test measurements (p<0,05). As
a result; the suitability of athletes' body structures to sports has an effect
of enhancing performance. Leg structure of the athletes can be considered as a
talent selection parameter in terms of determining the tendencies of playing
football.

Keywords

Soccer, Speed, Quickness, Upper Leg

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