Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on elite volleyball athletes
| Autor: | Savaş Kudaş, Seda Biçici Uluşahin, Hatice Nilden Arslan, Elif Durukan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine. 57:204-209 |
| ISSN: | 2587-1498 1300-0551 |
| Popis: | Objective: To investigate how elite female and male volleyball players spent their time during lockdown in terms of keeping up their physical training and maintaining wellbeing as well as their beliefs, attitudes and expectation/perceptions about the upcoming season. Materials and Methods: 331 elite volleyball players took part in the study. A survey, consisted of single and multiple-choice questions was applied. The Chi-square test was used to compare groups’ frequency data. Following Chi-square test, Bonferroni correction was made and the statistical significance level was accepted as p Results: 147 (44.4%) male and 184 (55.6%) female players participated in the study. The mean age was 24.8±5.0 (15-37). Female athletes (97.3%) stated that they did more physical activity than male athletes (83.7%) (p Conclusion: Majority of athletes had motivation to be physically active during the 9-week lockdown period. Athletes showed that they could overcome training barriers by adapting their exercises and training routines. Female volleyball players were more cautious in terms of being active and avoiding risk of infection. |
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