Effect of ladder drills program on agility of Karate players in Guangxi Polytechnic of Construction Guangxi Province, China

Liang Fengyuan and Singha Tulyakul

African Educational Research Journal
Published: November 12 2024
Volume 12, Issue 4
Pages 269-275
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.124.24.055

Abstract

This research aimed to develop and compare the effects of a ladder drills program on the agility of Karate players. The sample group consisted of Karate players from Guangxi Polytechnic of Construction Guangxi Province, China, obtained from a simple random sampling of 30 people, divided into an experimental group of 15 people trained through a ladder drills program developed by the researcher. At the same time, 15 Karate players of the control group were trained by a traditional training program for eight weeks, three days per week, and 30 to 45 minutes per day. The Illinois agility test was used to measure agility. All data were analyzed by averaging and calculating standard deviation. The Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to compare the results of agility training within the control and experimental groups' pretest and posttest. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the pretest and posttest between the control and experimental groups. The research found that the ladder drills program developed by the researcher was suitable. It was also found that the experimental group had better agility than the control group at the significant level .05. Both within the experimental and the control group, it was found that the agility posttest was better than the pretest at the significant level .05. The study results will serve as guidelines for enhanced players, coaches, and those who interested the Karate in the future.

Keywords: Ladder drills program, agility, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test, Mann-Whitney U test.

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