Effects of the intelligence innovative smart ladder drill training program on developing agility of female youth volleyball players at Sriracha School

Abstract

Developing the agility of female youth volleyball players at Sriracha School using the Intelligent Innovative Smart Ladder Drill Training Program was affected. The samples aged between 13 to 17 years old are studying at the grades 7th to to 12th level in the academic year 2022. The IISLDT Program is portable and easy to use on five modes: automatic timing, automatic step count, stopwatch with automatic step count, self-timer with automatic step count, and step count in 30 seconds. Training five steps, including hopscotch backward; jumps following the pattern of the lateral jaws; step forward to the side; alternate feet on the sides, front, and back; and hopscotch kicks back in place with the 15 experimental group players who were trained. The 15 players in the control group were prepared with the traditional volleyball sporting training (TVST) program. The Nelson's Semo Agility Test (NSAT) was adapted to assess the players’ agilities with the IISLDT and TVST Programs three times: before and after the 4th and 8th-week training. The physical general age, weight, and height averages were calculated. Significant differences (p< 0.05) were found among the five positional categories of the physical characteristics of the sample size participating in the research. The players’ responses to their agility with the NSAT before training indicate that of insignificant. After the 4th and the 8th, training with the IISLDT Program and the TRTP Program are differences, significantly. The two groups' activities are different and significant. Generally, the mean agility score is 11.957 seconds for females greater than 12.2 seconds. These results suggest that training athletes with this IISLDT program also affected agility when using the NSVT tested. The result reveals a significantly lower mean time than the standard time.