Agility is a measure of a person’s ability to change direction and speed quickly.
Agility is more important than outright speed in many sports.
Tennis requires a high level of agility. Players need to constantly change direction and produce short bursts of speed.
Agility is also important in other sports such as basketball.
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A basketball court is relatively small, so players must have good agility levels to change direction and dribble past opposing players.
Activity
1. Describe the diff erence between strength and power. 2. List i) one team sport, ii) one individual sport, iii) one activity, where power is important. 3. Explain how power aff ects performance in hockey.
4. a) What is the defi nition of agility? b) Explain why agility is less important in the 1500m than it is in squash.