Title: Effects of two different strength-training methods to improve adolescents’ physical soccer performance
Abstract:Background: Strength training for children and adolescents was for a long time acontroversial subject but is nowadays proven safe and beneficial and recommendations forchildren’s strength training hav...Background: Strength training for children and adolescents was for a long time acontroversial subject but is nowadays proven safe and beneficial and recommendations forchildren’s strength training have been put forward by scientific sports boards in severalwestern countries. Despite that, in Sweden strength training is not very commonly applied inchildren and adolescent’s sport. Strength training has proven to increase the sportsperformance and decrease the risk of injuries both in adults and children and would thereforebe a good additional training method to the sport-specific training at any age. Different typesof strength training have in several studies shown to improve the jumping ability, sprintperformance and several other aspects. Purpose: The aim of the present study was toinvestigate the differences between pre- and post-test for the physical performance test afterthe 8-week strength training intervention both for the whole training group together anddivided by type of intervention. Method: Eighteen adolescent boys were divided in twostrength training groups, a friction Flowin® training group (FTR) and a barbell traininggroup (BTR). They were tested pre and post an eight weeks intervention for 5-10-30 m sprint,Agility zig-zag test and two different counter movement jump (CMJ) tests.Result: The 30 m sprint improved after 8 weeks intervention for both groups together (n=18)(p= 0.036). Splitting into groups based on intervention, only the BTR group improved theirperformance in 30 m sprint after 8 weeks intervention (p=0.036). Both the BTR and FTRdecreased their performance in 5 m sprint after the 8-week intervention (BTR p=0.007, FTRp=0.014). There was no statistical significant difference between or within the groupsregarding any other tests. Conclusion: Eight weeks of strength training can improve the 30msprint performance for adolescent male soccer players after 8 weeks intervention. Moreresearch is needed to conclude whereas the increase and explosive performance foradolescents are more affected by the duration of strength training or the strength trainingmethods.Keywords: Children, adolescent, strength training, Flowin, barbell, physical soccerperformanceRead More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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