Özet:

The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between the selected parameters and agility in amateur soccer players who play soccer during the competition period, with respect to their positions. 8 soccer players from 4 different amateur soccer teams each, making a total of 32 athletes, who trained at least 4 times per week were included in the study. The average age of the soccer players was 23.25±2.95 years, their average height was 179.63±3.63 cm, their average weight was 72.28±4.47 kg. The selected parameters were narrowed down to Anaerobic power (AnG(kg.m/s), Vertical jump, 10, 20 and 30 meters sprint tests and 505 agility test. SPSS 23 package program was used for the analysis of the data, each data that belongs to a parameter was given as the average value and standard deviation, Pearson correlation test was used for the relationship between selected parameters and agility. When the findings were evaluated, it was seen that the forwards had the best average in the 10m sprint test values, followed by the goalkeepers and defenders, while midfielders were found to have the worst average. This is thought to result from goalkeepers' perceptional differences, training states and individual differences due to their positions (x2=9.73; p=0.021). In all positions, there were statistically insignificant negative correlations between the vertical jump and agility, the athletes’ agility values increased as the vertical jump values (cm) increased, this supports that the actions in soccer require agility and the ability to jump affects agility. The fact that the main features of soccer include actions that require agility such as sudden stopings and direction changes shows the importance of agility for soccer players. In this context, in line with the results obtained from the study, it is thought that performing exercises that develop speed and anaerobic power as well as agility training will increase the performance of football players.

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