Three-dimensional kinematic analysis examined agility running technique during pre-planned and reactive performance conditions specific to attacking ball carries in rugby union. The variation to running technique of 8 highly trained rugby union players was compared between agility conditions (pre-planned and reactive) and also agility performance speeds (fast, moderate and slow). Kinematic meas...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and factorial validity of agility tests used in soccer. One hundred fifty (n = 150), elite, male, junior soccer players, members of the First Junior League Team, volunteered to participate in the study. The slalom test (ST) sprint 4 x 5 m (S4 x 5) and sprint 9-3-6-3-6-9 m with 180 degree turns (S180 degrees) tests had a greater reliabili...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the Agility and Skill Test, which had been recently developed to assess agility and skill in female athletes. Following a 10 min warm-up, two trials to test the reliability and validity of the test were conducted one week apart. Measurements were collected to compare soccer players' physical performance in a 20 m sprint, a T-Drill test, the Illinois Agility...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of plyometric, strength and complex (plyometric-strength) training on the agility of young free style wrestler in ilam city. this study was semi-experiment and its statistical population consisted of 328young free style wrestler of ilam city. for this purpose, 40 subjects were randomly selected and divided into four groups (e...

An increasing number of firms are offshoring information systems (IS) services to developing countries because of the high availability of inexpensive information technology talents. The IS outsourcing can largely reduce human resource costs and increase business agility. Managerial, social and assessment factors have a strong influence on the accomplishment of business agility. This study prop...

Purpose – Drawing on a network perspective on enterprise agility, the purpose of this paper is to explore whether firms with superior network structure not only may be better able to generate direct effect on firm performance, but whether a superior network structure may also help firms to create better firm agility and thus enhance their performance. Design/methodology/approach – The study emp...

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to assess the reliability of a new protocol which examines different components of agility using commercially available timing gates. Methods: Seventeen physically active males completed four trials of a new protocol, which consisted of a number of 10 m sprints. Sprints were completed in a straight line or with a change of direction after 5 m. The c...

In this paper we have developed an approach based on Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for measurement of agility in Supply Chain. An Agile Supply Chain (ASC) is frequently considered as a dominant competitive advantage. As complexity and vagueness of agility in global markets must be considered as one of the essential characteristics of an ASC system, we efficiently applied ANFIS i...