Change-of-direction speed is a fundamental physical attribute in many field- and court-based team (e.g., soccer, handball, rugby) and individual sports (e.g., combat sports, tennis).

Resistance training appears to be an effective means to improve change-of-direction speed in youth and young physically active and athletic adults.

It seems that sex and age categories can moderate the effects of resistance training on change-of-direction speed with youth and males showing larger adaptive potential than adults and females.

Results from independently computed single factor analyses for different training variables revealed that higher compared with lower resistance training volumes, frequencies, and intensities appear not to have an advantage on the magnitude of training-induced improvements in change-of-direction speed.