Correlation between Agility and Sprinting According to Student Age

The purposes of the study were to assess sprinting and agility performance characteristics and to determine the rela- tionship between these two motor skills in elementary education students. Sprinting and agility performance were as- sessed in 176 children (88 boys and 88 girls) divided into three groups: Group 1 (G1, N=98; 48 boys and 50 girls), from the first year of elementary education; Group 2 (G2, N=38; 15 boys and 23 girls), from the second year of elementary edu- cation; Group 3 (G3, N=40; 25 boys and 15 girls), from the third year of elementary education. Significant differences (p<0.001) were found in agility ability among the groups and between G1-G3 and G2-G3 in the 5 and 15 m sprint. Re- garding gender of the students of the same age, significant differences (p<0.001) between boys and girls in group G1 and G2 were obtained in the 5 and 15 m sprint. The correlation between agility and acceleration was significant but moderate (0.3<r