Specific tests for agility control in young beach volleyball players

Abstract

Beach volleyball is a sport with high physical demands, where agility becomes a very important ability. The objective of this work was to design specific tests for the control of agility in young beach volleyball players, in correspondence with the context and demands of the game. Studies on this subject are scarce and are aimed primarily at players of the highest level of competition, therefore, it is necessary to deepen this aspect and especially with a view towards sports initiation. As the tendency of the coaches has been to extrapolate Volleyball tests, without taking into account the differences with Beach Volleyball, the research was based on a descriptive methodology where the dynamics of the game were considered. Methods and techniques such as analysis and synthesis, documentary analysis, methodological workshop, brainstorming and assessment by expert criteria were used for this. The result of this process provided specific evidence contextualized to the actions of the players. The relevance of these tests lies in the fact that they allow assessing the level of development of agility in young beach volleyball players, linking the different basic movements with technical-tactical actions of the game.