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Drills that entail jumping with turns in the air are usually applicable to basketball players and receivers and pass defenders in football but can apply to many sports in interest of strength. Drills that use side jumps and front-back jumps are more specific to team sports in which the athlete must change direction while running.
Change of direction (COD) is any activity that involves a rapid whole-body movement with a pre-planned change of velocity or direction. In elite sports , the speed at which an athlete can do a change of direction is especially valuable in court and field sports.
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɛb ɡwəɾðiˈɔlə]; [3] [4] [5] born 18 January 1971) is a Catalan professional football manager and former player from Spain who is the manager of Premier League club Manchester City. [6]
José "Pep" Casas de Abadal (born 20 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inter Miami II in MLS Next Pro. Club career [ edit ]
The 20-yard shuttle, also simply called the short shuttle, is a timed agility drill run primarily to evaluate athletes’ quickness and change-of-direction ability. Although not as highly regarded as the 40-yard dash, it is still an important measure used by NFL personnel to compare players. Canadian football also uses the shuttle test. [12]
On 25 October 2023, at 40 years and 241 days, Pepe became the oldest outfield player to play in the UEFA Champions League, in a 4–1 group stage victory away at Royal Antwerp, breaking the record previously held by Alessandro Costacurta for 17 years. [53]
Association football teams consist of ten outfield players and one goalkeeper, which makes passing an integral part of game strategy, and is taught to players from a young age. Other skills taught to players on an individual level are dribbling , heading the ball and ball control for receiving the ball.
The 2017–18 season was Manchester City's 116th season of competitive football, 89th season in the top flight of English football and 21st season in the Premier League. [1] In addition to the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League.