Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The Online Journal of Recreation and Sport, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.23-32, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of
eight-week plyometric training on the agility of
elite male volleyball players. A total of 28 elite
male volleyball players were included in the
study; the experimental group consisted of 14
(mean age 29.1±4.3) players and the control group
was composed of 14 (mean age 20.2±1.4) players.
The experimental group performed lower
extremity plyometric training for twice a week for
eight weeks after the warm-up exercises
conducted before volleyball training, in addition
to regular volleyball training. The control group,
on the other hand, performed only volleyball
training for eight weeks. T-drill agility test was
used in the study. Measurements were performed
in two separate test periods, pre- and post-test.
SPSS 22.0 statistical package program was used
for data analysis. Paired sample t-test was
conducted to investigate whether there were intragroup statistically significant differences or not,
while an independent sample t-test (p<0.05) was
used for inter-group comparisons. The
experimental group showed statistically
significant differences between pre-test and posttest data whereas the control group did not show
any statistically significant differences between
pre- and post-test (p<0.05). In conclusion, it was
found that eight-week lower extremity
plyometrics training significantly increased the
volleyball players' agility.
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