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- Title
Functional training impact on the cardiovascular adaptation to exercise of junior female volleyball players.
- Authors
Ciulea, Laura; Ionescu, Dragoş Bondoc; BurcĂ, Ioan
- Abstract
Background. This study started from the fact that over the past time period, in order to obtain an optimal physical level specific for sport games, professionals together with coaches have tried to include some alternative motor activity programmes from other sport branches such as aerobic gymnastics, fitness etc., in physical training. Functional training has, through the methods and materials used, the highest impact with regard to the improvement of functional capacity on 1st age class junior female athletes. Aims. This study aimed to emphasize the functional training impact on the functional capacity development of 1st class junior female volleyball players. Methods. The study was carried out over a period of 11 months (July 2013 - May 2014), during the National Volleyball Championships, 2013-2014, for 1st class junior female players. Tests were carried out on 7 volleyball players (6 players + 1 libero player), at the end of the games. Female players were tested in 2 games of the Championship round, in 2 games of the Championship return, in the semi-final games and in the final tournament. Female players who participated in this experiment were assessed by the Ruffier test. This exercise test allows the investigation of the athletes' functional capacity from the point of view of the assessment of cardiovascular adaptation to exercise. Results. By comparing the results obtained by the athletes from the two groups included in this study, an improvement of the functional capacity of the players in the experimental group was proven, in comparison to that of the players in the control group. Conclusions. The study results obtained demonstrate that the means and methods in functional training are much more effective with regard to the optimization of the functional capacity of 1st class junior female volleyball players compared to traditional training methods.
- Subjects
VOLLEYBALL players; PHYSICAL fitness; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; VOLLEYBALL; WOMEN athletes; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Palestrica of the Third Millennium Civilization & Sport, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 4, p301
- ISSN
1582-1943
- Publication type
Article