Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body composition, agility and vertical jump performance in young female volleyball players. Material and Methods: For this purpose, 23 healthy young female volleyball players (Age: 14.79±0.58 years, height: 169.70±5.62 cm, body weight: 61.44±7.92 kg.) voluntarily participated in this study. The volleyball team was assessed for total body and regional estimates of body composition by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Vertical jump performance was analyzed by using the Squat Jump (SJ) and Counter Movement Jump (CMJ) tests and agility performance was measured using the Tagility test. The normality of the data was tested with the Shapiro-Wilk test. The relationship between body composition, agility and vertical jump performance was analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient. Significance level was ≤0.05. Results: According to the statistical analyses, there was a significant negative correlation between SJ and CMJ percentage of body fat (BF%) leg fat (LF%) arm fat (AF%), trunk fat (TF%) and fat mass (kg) (p˂0.05). There was also a significant correlation between agility test percentage of BF, LF and TF. No significant correlation was found among agility, SJ and CMJ with total/regional body composition. Conclusion: The results indicated that increased total/regional BF might be a detriment to the SJ, CMJ and agility performance in young female volleyball players. It is recommended that coaches should not allow female volleyball players to increase their BF so that physical performance loss can be avoided.
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