The Effects of Explosive Strength Applied to Footballers on Some Physical and Physiological Parameters

Abstract

It is aimed to investigate the effects of explosive strength training on aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, blood pressure, resting heart rate and shooting speed. The aim of this study was to investigate the explosive strength training on some physical and physiological parameters. The study included 38 volunteer 1st and 2nd amateur league footballers aged 1825 years. Aerobic capacities of the players were measured by shuttle run test and Anaerobic power measurement by vertical jump test. After calculating the vertical jump value of the athletes anaerobic strength; calculated using the Lewis Nomogram using vertical jump and body weight values. The shooting speed of the players was determined by speed pocket radar equipment In the study, different strength training (station training method) and football-specific technical and tactical training programs were applied to the research group for 8 weeks, 3 days a week. only technical and tactical training programs were applied to the control group. The parameters were taken twice before and after the 8-week study. In order to determine the differences between the pre-test and post-test results, The Wilcoxon test, one of the nonparametric tests, was used to, Mann Whitney U-test analysis was used to compare the pre-test and post-test values between the groups. The significance level of the study was accepted as p<0.05. Significant difference in shooting speed was found as a result of the signed ranks test comparing the pre-test and post-test measurements of the research group participants (p<0,05). Significant differences between the measurements of aerobic power, anaerobic power were found as a result of the signed ranks test comparing the pre-test and post-test values of the control group participants (p<0,05). After the Mann-Whitney U test, where the posttest measurement values of the experimental and control group participants were compared, there was a significant difference between the groups in aerobic power values, and this difference was found to be in favor of the experimental group participants (p <0.05). As a result, it can be said that explosive strength training applied to amateur football players between the ages of 18 - 25 increases the shooting speed.