Effects Of Strength Training On Freestyle Swimming Performance, Kicking And Core Muscles Strength In Swimmers

Effects Of Strength Training

Abstract

Sports that are carried out under water are accompanied by repeated motion of the upper limb as well as the lower limb to complete the defined space. Swimming is a sport that can be done using a variety of techniques, known as 'strokes. Methods: It was a randomized controlled trail study done among national level swimmers data collected from Punjab international swimming complex, Lahore. Informative meeting was done before trainings; pre-test was applied on both groups. There were 20 competitive swimmers participated Individuals performed exercises for 6 weeks, 3day/w and posttest applied on both groups for evaluation of outcome measures at the end of training. Control group: only participate in their yearly swimming trainings. Experimental group: strengthening training with regular practice. For core First 2-week simple strengthening exercises, Next 4-week stability ball exercises were performed. Tools were utilized 50 m swimming, 50-meter kicking, core muscles strength test determined with stopwatch, SPSS version 24.0 was used for data entry and analysis. Results: There were 9 participants allocated in each group control and experimental, experimental groups showed more improvement in 50 m freestyle swimming time, 50 m kicking time, core muscle strength with p-value (<0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded that of core muscle strengthening exercises are more effective in 50m freestyle swimming time, 50 m kicking time, core muscle strength.

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