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Donnie Andrews; Katelyn Zachary – Physical Educator, 2024
Vertical jump performance is vital to many sports and is predictive of power output. Both resistance exercises and plyometric exercises have been shown to increase vertical jump performance. Identifying the type of exercise that increases jump height the most may be useful to coaches and athletes worldwide. The literature has stated that both…
Descriptors: Athletics, Exercise, Training, College Athletics
Faigenbaum, Avery D.; McFarland, James E., Jr. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
The aim of this article is to explore the concept of resistance training skill literacy and discuss related strategies to enhance learning, improve adherence and help youth realize the holistic benefits of resistance exercise.
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Exercise, Training, Muscular Strength
Hiba Kachouri; Ghada Jouira; Rabeb Laatar; Rihab Borji; Haithem Rebai; Sonia Sahli – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The study explored the effects of two combined training (Strength-Proprioceptive versus Cognitive-Balance) programs on postural balance during single-task and dual-task conditions in children with intellectual disability. The postural balance and the second cognitive-task performances were evaluated before and after 8-week of training in two…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Training, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Gul, Mine; Aydogan, Semihcan – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2021
This study aimed to research the effect of dry-land quickness training for 14-16 years old male swimmers on 50 m freestyle swimming performance. 30 volunteer male athletes and 10 volunteer males in the same age group who do not sport participated in this study. Athletes were grouped who took swimming training as experiment1 (E1), experiment2 (E2)…
Descriptors: Training, Program Effectiveness, Athletes, Males
Smith, Anthony S. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2021
Sport coaches can agree that various levels of practice and play contribute significantly to the overall development of a young athlete. Coaches of young athletes need to also address issues related to strength and conditioning as part of the developmental cycle. Unfortunately, many sport coaches are not well trained in the science related to…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Youth Programs, Athletics, Athletes
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
Ince, Izzet – Physical Educator, 2020
This study compared the training effects of split-style Olympic lifts (SP-L) with those of squat-style olympic lifts (SQ-L). In the study, the participants (n = 33 collegiate female volleyball players) were sorted on a random basis into the SP-L group (age = 15.80 ± 1.03 years; height = 164.50 ± 3.96 cm; body weight = 60.88 ± 8.26 kg), SQ-L group…
Descriptors: Athletics, Training, Athletes, Team Sports
Yüksel, Oguzhan; Gündüz, Bolat; Kayhan, Mert – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of regular CrossFit training on some force and jump parameters. 32 healthy wrestling men participated in the study, 16 experimental and 16 control groups. For the experimental group, CrossFit training, known as Cindy, was practiced three times a week for 8 weeks. The training consisted of 5…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Training, Males, Muscular Strength
Savas, Seyfi; Yüksel, Mehmet Fatih; Uzun, Ahmet – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of explosive strength and shooting exercises, which were applied for eight weeks before the season in basketball sport branch, on shot percentage level of elite male basketball players. The study was conducted on 13 professional male basketball players (age average; 26.92 ± 3.04) who are actively…
Descriptors: Athletes, Team Sports, Males, Pretests Posttests
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
Ghidinelli, Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the subjective experiences of training and competition at the collegiate level in a small group of former Division I female collegiate athletes. A review of relevant research indicates there is a dearth of qualitative studies on the experiences of female collegiate athletes. The current study explored the experience of pushing…
Descriptors: Training, Competition, Athletes, College Athletics

Meir, Rudi; Newton, Robert; Curtis, Edgar; Fardell, Matthew; Butler, Benjamin – Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2001
Australian and English professional rugby players completed various physical fitness performance tests to determine differences when grouping players into three different rugby positional categories. Results found minimal differences in test scores on the basis of players' specific positions on a team, however, when players were grouped according…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Athletes, Body Weight, Classification