Effect of Eight Weeks of FIFA 11+ Training on the Agility and Explosive Power of Male College Volleyball Players

BackgroundFIFA 11+ training is a warm-up program for the prevention of athletic injuries, including slow running, active stretching, and player-controlled collisions designed to focus on central muscle stability, neuromuscular control, eccentric hamstring strength, and agility, and can improve sports performance.ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the effect of eight weeks of FIFA 11+ training on the agility and explosive power of male volleyball players.MethodsIn this quasi-experimental study, 24 male volleyball players from the Islamic Azad University of Marvdasht were selected as the statistical sample and divided into two groups of 11+ training and control. The 11+ training group performed FIFA 11+ training for eight weeks, three sessions per week and 20 minutes each session. The control group only had their usual activities in this period. Agility and explosive power were measured before the start of training and 24 hours after the last session of training through Illinois test, horizontal jump test, and vertical Sargent test. The Shapiro-Wilk test and independent/dependent samples t-tests were used to analyze the data (P ≤ 0.05).ResultsEight weeks of 11+ training had a significant effect on agility (P = 0.008), horizontal jump (P = 0.001), and vertical jump (P = 0.001).ConclusionsIt seems that 11+ training can be used to improve the agility and explosive power of male college volleyball players.