EFFECTS OF AN SAQ+D TRAINING PROGRAM ON DRIBBLING AGILITY AMONG MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT PHUKET RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) To examine the dribbling ability of male football players at Phuket Rajabhat University, and 2) To compare the dribbling ability of football players between a group trained with a conventional program and a group trained with the SAQ+D program. This study employed a quasi-experimental research design. The sample consisted of two groups: an experimental group of 20 male football players from Phuket Rajabhat University, and a control group of 20 male football players from Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University. Both groups were recruited through voluntary participation and purposive sampling, totaling 40 participants. The training intervention lasted for 8 weeks. The research instruments included the SAQ+D training program and a conventional training program. Dribbling ability was assessed using the Loughborough Soccer Dribbling Test (LSDT), administered before the training and after weeks 4, 6, and 8 of the training. Data were analyzed using means, standard deviations, t-tests, and one-way repeated measures ANOVA. The research results revealed that: 1) Following the SAQ+D training program, the experimental group demonstrated significantly improved dribbling ability at weeks 6 and 8 compared to pre-training, at a statistically significant level of .05; and 2) When comparing the dribbling ability between the control and experimental groups, no significant difference was found before the training or after week 4 of the training; however, statistically significant differences were observed after weeks 6 and 8 of the training, at the .05 level of significance.