The effect of the prolonged competitive season on semi-elite female volleyball players’ physical performance

Authors : Mustafa Karahan
Pages : 15-20
Doi:10.15314/tsed.339522
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Publication Date : 2018-04-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Despite the literature on the changes in the physical performance characteristics of elite female athletes during the competition period, up to this date, there was no study of the physical performances of both the aerobic and anaerobic contented of the semi- elite female volleyball players over the competitive season. For this reason, this study was carried out in order to determine the effect of prolonged competitive season on semi-elite female volleyball players` physical performance. Volunteer 47 athletes were recruited from same group of division III in Turkey Women Volleyball League. During competitive season, athletes took part in an official match and 3-4 training seasons per week. Body mass, VO 2 max, 20m sprint, agility, vertical jumping, explosive power, aerobic and anaerobic power were assessed before and after 22-week competitive season. Normality data was primarily tested with Shapiro-Wilk and evaluated with Wilcoxon test because of abnormal distribution. There was significant improvement in VO 2 max insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2.26%);, 20 m sprint time insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2.1%);, agility insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1.6%);, vertical jump insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2.99%);, explosive power insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3.5%);, maximal anaerobic power insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6.35%);, whereas decrease in minimum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(-5.8%); and average anaerobic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(-30.66%); power insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);, but decrease in body mass wasn`t significant. This study indicated that prolonged competitive season had negative effect on anaerobic capacity and positive effect on agility, sprint, VO 2 max, vertical jumping and explosive power in the semi-elite female volleyball players.
Keywords : Aerobic, Anaerobic, Agility, Sprint

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