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Erol, Sadettin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of 8-weeks complex and contrast training applied to soccer players on selected physical Characteristics. A total of 23 university students playing soccer in the university team participated in the study voluntarily. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups; complex (CPX) and contrast…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Training, Team Sports, Athletes
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Alp, Mahmut; Ozdinc, Mahmut – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This paper focuses on the effects of plyometric trainings on upper extremity anaerobic power and shotspeed in 20 volunteer male handball players, who are in the men's handball team at Süleyman Demirel University. Players were randomly divided into two groups as handball training group (HTG) and plyometric training group (PTG). While HTG continued…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Males, Athletes
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Perrine, Brittany L.; Monzón, Kimberly; Weber, Lauren M.; Funderburk, LesLee K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Physically active adults have experienced training benefits from fish oil--derived omega-3 fatty acid (FO n3), which may also be of benefit to singers. The purpose of this research study was to determine if self-reported vocal adaptations and body composition changes occur in singers following FO n3 supplementation in conjunction with a…
Descriptors: Singing, Musicians, Nutrition, College Students
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Erzeybek, Mustafa Said; Ersoy, Adnan; Gözeltepe, Zehra; Kaya, Fatih – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of lower and upper extremity strength on shot styles in tennis. 54 males and 19 females training regularly as experimental group and 24 male and 9 female volunteers as control group participated in the study. 24 training sessions were applied to the experimental group participants. Every week…
Descriptors: Human Body, Muscular Strength, Racquet Sports, Training
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Demirhan, Bilal – International Education Studies, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine the changes in the body composition and motor characteristics of the students attending the wrestling lesson in one academic year (8 months). The study included 19 male wrestler students with an average age of 21.20±1.61 years. Body weights, body circumference measurements, regional muscle strengths, anaerobic…
Descriptors: College Athletics, College Students, Program Length, Program Effectiveness
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Esan, James Adebayo – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the amount of fat stored around the hips and thighs (waist-to-hip ratio) of college students in Ikere Ekiti, Nigeria, after a 12-week circuit strength training programme. The study adopted randomised pre-test post-test control group research design. Simple random sampling technique and fish bowl method with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Composition, College Students, Physical Fitness
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Kaçoglu, Celil; Kirkaya, Izzet – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of a post activation potential application response in sprinting and change of direction performance. Fifteen physically active, healthy men (age 23.5±2.0 years, height 175.0±7.6 cm, body weight 72.2±8.5 kg, body fat 15.7±2.9 %) voluntarily participated in this study. Cross sectional research…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Athletics, Equipment, Physical Education
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Genc, Harun; Ali, Ghazwan Karaem – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
This study was conducted on a total of 16 female students studying at the 1st grade of Bingöl University, School of Physical Education and Sports. Students participated in the study voluntarily and divided into 8 experimental groups (EG) and 8 control groups (CG). In the study, height, body weight, dominant hand grip strength, non-dominant hand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, College Students, Physical Education
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Suna, Gürhan; Kumartasli, Mehmet – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The aim of this study is to investigate eight-week aerobic, anaerobic combine technical trainings' effects on developments of performance. 21 athletes of tennis proficiency students from Sports Sciences Department were joined to the study voluntarily. Participated in the research athletes' ages' mean was 22,2 ± 0,3 year, lengths' mean was 177,3 ±…
Descriptors: Athletes, Racquet Sports, Skill Development, Training
Caglayan, Atakan; Ozbar, Nurper – Online Submission, 2017
The aim of this study is to measure both dynamic balance of elite martial arts athletes doing functional strength exercises on instable ground and the effects of circuit training program on their anaerobic capacities, and compare them with those following classical training program. Students studying in Faculty of Sport Sciences at Duzce…
Descriptors: Athletes, Exercise, College Students, Pretests Posttests
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Warren, Bradley; Odenheimer Brin, Eleanor – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess college students' pre- and post- health-related, fitness levels, as determined by the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) five components of fitness, in a one-credit, graded college course and to objectively measure any differences between those pre- and post- health-related fitness levels.…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Fitness, Physical Activity Level, Pretests Posttests
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Bellar, David M.; Judge, Lawrence W.; Kamimori, Gary H.; Glickman, Ellen L. – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2012
To date there have been a number of studies that have assessed the effects of caffeine on Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE) and Pain Scale scores during continuous exercise. Presently there is little information about the effects of caffeine on RPE and Pain Scale scores during short term, anaerobic and muscle endurance activity. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Human Body, Comparative Analysis, Drug Therapy, Pain