Effect of Plyometric Exercises on Developing Legs Explosive Powers on Front Acrobatic Routine for Floor Exercises (Front Handspring Followed by Front Full Twist Then Full Twist with Turn Around Long Axis)

Abdel Aal El-Zahry, Ashraf

doi:10.21608/jass.2014.84809

Effect of Plyometric Exercises on Developing Legs Explosive Powers on Front Acrobatic Routine for Floor Exercises (Front Handspring Followed by Front Full Twist Then Full Twist with Turn Around Long Axis)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Ashraf Abdel Aal El-Zahry

Faculty of Physical Education for Boys, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

10.21608/jass.2014.84809

Abstract

During republic champion, researcher noticed the inability of many of players involved in Republic championships in performance of front routines, in particular, represented by the lack of linkage between the parts of the routine and thus lead to decrease in their grades, making them out of competition on floor exercise despite the high level of performance on other devices. So it was important to develop plyometric training program form of exercises similar with kinetic path for the acrobatic routine under study and identify its impact on its performance level.
Research Objective:
This research aims to effect of plyometric exercises on developing legs explosive powers on front acrobatic routine performance level and some physical elements relating to it.
Conclusions:
1- Using plyometric training has effective effect in developing physical abilities and explosive power specially of arms and legs.
2- Development of legs explosive power led to improvement in skill performance level.
3- Development of legs explosive power led to the development of other elements (power) , motor range and flexibility for muscle involved in performance skills.
4- The presence of a high correlation between skill performance level and explosive power.
Recommendations:
1- There is necessity to pay attention to plyometric training in gymnastics selection of exercises cope with working muscle contractions methods in different skills performance.
2- Gymnastics trainers should pay interest to change training programs types and use plyometric training method; especially with juniors as it have positive impact on Gymnastics skill performance.
3- Conducting similar studies for different age stages and level for male and female players.
4- Plyometric training program to be included as part of physical education curricula.
5- Preparation of scalable training program suitable for application of different ages to contribute in improving skill performance level of gymnastics ground movements .

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