Agility is the ability to change the body's
positionHuman position refers to a position of a human body.There are several synonyms that refer to the human position, often used interchangeably, but having specific flavors.*position is a general term for a configuration of the human body...
efficiently, and requires the integration of isolated movement skills using a combination of
balanceIn biomechanics, balance is an ability to maintain the center of gravity of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway. When exercising the ability to balance, one is said to be balancing....
, coordination,
speedSpeed is the rate of motion, or equivalently the rate of change of distance.Speed is a scalar quantity with dimensions length/time; the equivalent vector quantity to speed is velocity. Speed is measured in the same physical units of measurement as velocity, but does not contain the element of...
, reflexes,
strengthPhysical strength is the ability of a person to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.-Overview:...
,
enduranceEndurance is the ability for an animal to exert itself for a long period of time. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise. The definition of 'long' varies according to the type of exertion - minutes for high intensity anaerobic exercise, hours or days for low intensity...
,and stamina.
In sports,
agility is described in terms of response to an opposing player, moving target, as seen in field sports and racket sports. Sheppard and Young (2006) define agility as "a rapid whole body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus."
In
businessA business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself...
,
agility means the capability of rapidly and cost efficiently adapting to changes.
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Agility is the ability to change the body's
positionHuman position refers to a position of a human body.There are several synonyms that refer to the human position, often used interchangeably, but having specific flavors.*position is a general term for a configuration of the human body...
efficiently, and requires the integration of isolated movement skills using a combination of
balanceIn biomechanics, balance is an ability to maintain the center of gravity of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway. When exercising the ability to balance, one is said to be balancing....
, coordination,
speedSpeed is the rate of motion, or equivalently the rate of change of distance.Speed is a scalar quantity with dimensions length/time; the equivalent vector quantity to speed is velocity. Speed is measured in the same physical units of measurement as velocity, but does not contain the element of...
, reflexes,
strengthPhysical strength is the ability of a person to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.-Overview:...
,
enduranceEndurance is the ability for an animal to exert itself for a long period of time. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise. The definition of 'long' varies according to the type of exertion - minutes for high intensity anaerobic exercise, hours or days for low intensity...
,and stamina.
In sports,
agility is described in terms of response to an opposing player, moving target, as seen in field sports and racket sports. Sheppard and Young (2006) define agility as "a rapid whole body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus."
In
businessA business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself...
,
agility means the capability of rapidly and cost efficiently adapting to changes. Recently agility has been applied e.g. in the context of
agile software developmentAgile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams...
and agile enterprise