Effect of Plyometric Training on Jumping, Sprinting and Change of Direction Speed in Child Female Athletes

Overview

Journal Sports (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Public Health

Date 2019 May 22

PMID 31108905

Citations 11

Authors

Gregory C Bogdanis

Olyvia Donti

Athanasia Papia

Anastasia Donti

Nikolaos Apostolidis

William A Sands

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Abstract

Background: This study examined the effects of 8 weeks of plyometric training on jumping, sprinting, and change of direction (COD) performance.

Methods: Fifty female 7-9-year-old gymnasts were randomly assigned to a plyometric training group (PG; = 33), that performed supplementary plyometric training twice per week, and a control group (CG; = 17) that continued regular training. The following tests were performed before and after the intervention: 10 and 20 m sprints, 5 + 5 m and 10 + 10 m COD tests, one-leg and two-leg countermovement jump (CMJ), drop jump (DJ), squat jump (SJ), and standing long jump (SLJ).

Results: Only a main effect for time was found for all jumping performance parameters ( = 0.001). However, the improvement of one- and two-leg CMJ in PG had a greater effect size than CG (0.72 and 0.67 vs. 0.34 and 0.18, respectively). Group × time interactions were found for 10 and 20 m sprint tests ( = 0.018 and = 0.011, respectively) and for 10 + 10 m COD ( = 0.008) with the post hoc test showing improvement only for the PG ( = 0.001, 0.001, and 0.003 and d = 1.1, 1.14, and 0.6, respectively).

Conclusions: Supplementary plyometric training increased sprint and COD performance more than regular gymnastics training, while jumping performance was equally improved in both groups.

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