en ورزش، تمرین و سلامتی Exercise, Training and Health مقاله اصیل Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"><strong>Background. </strong>Regardless of the age, elite athletes exhibit various motor capabilities (e.g., speed; endurance; strength) that are specific to that particular sport.<br> <strong>Objectives. </strong>The purpose of this study was to compare different aspects of physical fitness (agility, strength, endurance) in thirty,<strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"><span><span style="font-size:12px;">9 year old</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"> elite soccer and hockey players.<br> <strong>Methods. </strong>Participants completed a </span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"><span><span style="font-size:12px;">90 minute</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"> familiarization </span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"><span><span style="font-size:12px;">session,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"> and returned at the later date to perform tests examining their agility (T-test), endurance (20mSRT), and strength (long jump; v-ups; push-ups; sit-ups). The tests were administered by an expert trainer at the same location. At the onset no inter-group differences were found for age, height, weight, foot size, number of years playing at the competitive level, and hours training per week, as well as scores from MABC assessment tool.<br> <strong>Results. </strong>A series of independent sample t-tests revealed statistical differences in endurance (p < .001, d = 3.57), and in strength tasks (p < .001, d = 1.66) (sit-ups, push-ups and v-ups) in favour of soccer group. However, hockey players were more agile (p < .001, d = 1.26) and generated more power as inferred from the long jump (p < .05, d = 1.1).<br> <strong>Conclusion. </strong>Overall, the results showed that some domains of movement proficiency are specific to either soccer (endurance/ strength) or hockey (agility/power). These results provided coaches with information in regards to their respective teams as well as individual players&rsquo; </span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="font-size:12px;">performance,</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:tahoma;"> and may aid in adaptations of the respective training programmes.</span></span></div> Soccer, Hockey, Motor Performance 19 26 http://aassjournal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-11-616-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Eryk Przysucha eprzysuc@lakeheadu.ca 10031947532846007187 10031947532846007187 Yes School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Carlos Zerpa cezerpa@lakeheadu.ca 10031947532846007188 10031947532846007188 No School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Christopher Piek 10031947532846007189 10031947532846007189 No School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada