Abstract

An athlete needs to perform well in his/her game, so motor skills like speed, agility, and explosive power are very essential fitness components. Although programs of training are frequently employed to enhance these aspects, and although structured training methods are frequently used to improve these attributes, there is still inadequate information on how well they work for female collegiate athletes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a training intervention program on selected motor skills linear speed, multidirectional agility, and lower body explosive power in female college athletes. Total thirty healthy female university students aged 20.4 ± 1.8 years participated in a single-group pre-post experimental study. Motor skill performance was measured using a 50 m sprint test (speed), Three Cones Test, Zig-zag Test, and the Illinois Agility Test (agility), and vertical jump tests such as the countermovement jump, the countermovement jump with arm swing, and squat jump (explosive power). Pre-post changes were analyzed using paired sample t-tests, and the effect size was calculated using Cohen’s d. The results showed significant improvements in sprint and agility performance (p = 0.003), with moderate to large effect sizes (d = 0.63-0.78). However, no significant improvements were found in vertical jump performance (p ≥ 0.05), indicating minimal changes in lower body explosive power. The organized training protocol improved female collegiate athletes' linear speed and multidirectional agility but had limited impact on increasing lower-body explosive power.

Keywords

Speed, Agility, Quickness, SAQ Training, Female Collegiate Athletes, Sprint Performance, Change-of-Direction Speed, Explosive Power, Neuromuscular Adaptation,

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