Illinois Agility Test
The goal of soccer training is improved performance, injury prevention, soccer skills and tactics. Improved performance should never come at the cost of an injured player. Goal #1 is injury prevention in a soccer conditioning program. Goal #2 is to improve performance.
The Illinois Agility test is a great way to test agility for the game of soccer. The ability to accelerate and decelerate is a very desired trait of soccer players. This is one of the traits measured in this test. The Illinois Agility test is very well known as a standard test in the sports arena.
Here are the guide lines to performing a successful Illinois agility test.
Illinois Agility Test Setup
- 8 cones
- 1 stop watch
How to perform the Illinois Agility test
- The athlete will start on his or her stomach at the starting cone. (The animated drill is not able to show an athlete lying on their stomach, but it should be done this way anyways.)
- The athlete will start on a "ready-set-go" countdown. You should start the start the watch when you say GO.
- The athlete then must sprint as fast as possible around all the cones as shown in the animation without knocking them down.
- The stop watch will stop when the athlete crosses the finish line.
- Test each athlete 2 times and rest fully in between each rep. General Testing Guidelines To keep the Illinois agility test consistent all the above measures should be followed each and every time. If you perform the agility test on a dry day on grass the first time, then perform the test the same way the second time. Otherwise the test will be in valid and not provide the consistent results you need.
