Abstract

In modern football tactics, speed and agility are the most important variables that influenced team tactical strategy. The coaches were looking at the players that have these two abilities in order to develop match play in high tempo and good pace. Anthropometric characteristics and body composition of the player would be the cause of sprint and agility performance in distinguishing the skill level among players. In this study, 70 players were selected from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) who were involved in the Malaysian University Football League (Liga IPT 2012). The anthropometric characteristics, body composition and two performance abilities were assessed according to the standard procedures. Measures included four specific positions in the football team (midfielder, defender, striker and goalkeeper). The comparison of the variables was demonstrating the contribution of anthropometric characteristics and body fat percentage towards the speed and agility performance of university football players. However, the performance of the players with high sprint and agility abilities considerably have excellent anthropometric characteristics and body composition.

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