FLEXIBILITY AND AGILITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT ATHLETES: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Introduction: Flexibility and agility are two important parameters for selection of athletes for various competitions during preseason evaluation. Reduced flexibility makes the athletes prone for injury. Reduced agility affects the performance of the athletes. This study was pursued as there is paucity of literature understanding the relationship between flexibility and agility in children and adolescent athletes. Aims and Objective: To study the relation between flexibility and agility in children and adolescent athlete. Materials and methods: A correlational study was done on 50 athletes between the age group of 8-14 years who were recruited from RLS ground Belgaum, Karnataka. Hamstring, hip adductors and shoulder flexibility was assessed using inch tape and for agility, T- test was done using cones and stop watch. Result: The results of the study demonstrated that there is no correlation between flexibility and agility. Discussion: The result of the present study showed no correlation between flexibility and agility in the samples. An accurate comparison of this study to other studies is difficult due to lack of published literature related to the present study.