THE ACUTE EFFECTS OF STATIC, DYNAMIC AND STATIC COMBINED WITH DYNAMIC STRETCHING ON REACTIVE AGILITY IN FUTSAL PLAYERS

The purpose of this research was to study the acute effects of static, dynamic and static combined with dynamic stretching on reactive agility in futsal players. The sample was 12 male age from 18 to 22 years who were futsal players at Kasetsart University, Kampangsean Campus. The reactive agility of the participants were tested four times which consisted of before the experiment and after stretching which static stretching, dynamic stretching and static combined with dynamic stretching. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test dependent. One-way ANOVA with repeated measure and multiple comparisons were performed using the Tukey’s method. All tests used the 0.05 level of significance. The results of this study showed that reactive agility after stretching between static stretching, dynamic stretching and static combined with dynamic stretching were no significant difference. However, reactive agility after dynamic stretching were better than before experimented condition (P<0.05), as well as no significant difference in the static stretching and static combined with dynamic stretching when compared to before the experiment conditions.The results support the use of dynamic stretching prior to reactive agility performance in futsal players. (Journal of Sports Science and Technology 2014;14(1): 41 -51) KEYWORD: Reactive agility / Static Stretching/ Dynamic Stretching/ Futsal players