The Relationship Between Physical Fitness Qualities and Sport-Specific Technical Skills in Female, Team-Based Ball Players: A Systematic Review

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 5 Relationships between physical fitness components and movement with a ball (using hands or feet) sport-specific technical skills from studies with fair or good methodological quality with low ROB

Physical fitness measures	Associated with technical skill		Not associated with technical skill	Summary conclusion
	# relationships assessed from each study	Statistical association	# relationships assessed from each study	n/N outcome (%)	Practical interpretation
Agility measures	1 [85], 3 [84]	+	2 [55]	4/6 (67%)	Clear association (better agility test scores = better movement with a ball outcome)
Body composition measures	3 [86], 6 [89]	+/−	3 [85], 18 [86]	9/30 (30%)	No association
Cardiorespiratory fitness measures	0	N/A	1 [85]	0/1 (0%)	Unknown
Coordination measures	3 [55]	−	2 [55]	3/5 (60%)	Clear association (better coordination test scores = better movement with a ball outcome)
Power measures	0	N/A	2 [85]	0/2 (0%)	Unknown
Speed measures	1 [84]	+	1 [85]	1/2 (50%)	Unknown

Coding: n/N number of significantly associated relationships divided by total number of relationships. # number of relationships reported with study reference number in brackets. Statistical association: + positive statistical correlations, − negative statistical correlations, +/− includes both positive and negative statistical correlations. Practical interpretation: clear association (≥ 60% of total relationships are significantly associated), no association (≤ 33% of total relationships are significantly associated), unknown conclusion (< 5 total relationships reported)