High-Intensity Forward-Backward Plyometrics After the Warm-Up Entail Better Sprint and Change-of-Direction Performance Than Low-Intensity Side-to-Side Plyometrics.

Autor: Ben Ayed, Karim, Hammami, Raouf, Gene-Morales, Javier, Ajailia, Amira, Werfelli, Hanen, Rebai, Haithem, Jiménez-Martínez, Pablo, Flandez, Jorge, Colado, Juan C.
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Zdroj: Motor Control; Jan2024, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p63-77, 15p
Abstrakt: This study aimed to determine the acute effects of high-intensity forward-backward and low-intensity side-to-side plyometric jumps performed following the warm-up on sprint (5, 10, and 15 m) and change-of-direction (COD) (T-half test and repeated T-half tests) performance in youth volleyball players. After a familiarization week, 30 male volleyball players (age = 12.04 ± 1.03 years) performed three randomized conditions (no-plyometrics, high-intensity plyometrics, and low-intensity plyometrics) in three sessions. In a within-subject design, three sets of six repetitions of forward-backward 30-cm hurdle jumps (high-intensity) and side-to-side 20-cm hurdle jumps (low-intensity) were completed. Sprint and COD were tested after each of the conditions with a 2-min rest. A significant effect of the plyometric condition was observed on sprint (p <.001, η p 2 range:.56–.70) and COD (p <.01, η p 2 =.24), but not on repeated COD. More specifically, the high-intensity plyometric condition exhibited significantly better results compared with the low-intensity plyometric (Cohen's d range: 0.73–1.21) and control conditions (Cohen's d range: 0.91–2.21). Due to the importance of speed and COD in volleyball, these results suggest that young volleyball players may benefit from high-intensity forward-backward plyometric protocols following the warm-up to improve subsequent performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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