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Conclusion Overall, the data allows us to conclude that a stretching programme does improve performance in adolescent girl hockey players to a certain extent. This is because the data shows an improvement in two of the factors, speed and power, but not in agility. Therefore, I suggest further research into understanding the effect of a stretching programme on agility performance, possibly by extending the programme length from four weeks to six or eight weeks as this may be more appropriate. Although there is a significant improvement in hockey performance from a stretching programme, this may not be the most efficient training method to improve performance. Whilst this research was aimed at looking at the effect on hockey performance, you can link it to other sports such as football as they have similar physical demands. “ ...the data shows an improvement in two of the factors, speed and power, but not in agility. ”

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