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Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial

This study aimed to explore the impact of functional training on the physical fitness of young elite field hockey players. The study comprised 40 young elite male field hockey players with the following characteristics (mean ± SD age: 21.5 ± 0.8 years; height: 176.9 ± 2.6 cm; weight: 68.4 ± 5.1 kg;...

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Main Authors: Bashir, Marrium, Hucheng, Ma, Geok, Soh Kim, Akbar, Saddam, Zhang, Dong
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Language:English
Published: Bursa Uludag Universitesi 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113078/1/113078.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1130782024-11-15T07:14:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113078/ Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial Bashir, Marrium Hucheng, Ma Geok, Soh Kim Akbar, Saddam Zhang, Dong This study aimed to explore the impact of functional training on the physical fitness of young elite field hockey players. The study comprised 40 young elite male field hockey players with the following characteristics (mean ± SD age: 21.5 ± 0.8 years; height: 176.9 ± 2.6 cm; weight: 68.4 ± 5.1 kg; BMI: 21.8 ± 1.3; training experience: 51.2 ± 5.4 months). Twenty participants were allo-cated to two groups: the functional training group (FTG) and the control training group (CG). Each group received 60-minute training sessions three times per week for 12 weeks. Generalized estimating equation analysis and a Bonferroni test for pairwise comparisons were used to assess the intervention's efficacy. Before the start of the exercise program, no statistically significant differences were observed in physical fitness measures between the FTG and CG (p > 0.05). However, by the sixth week, a significant difference appeared in both the T-Agility test (p < 0.001) and endurance (p = 0.024) between the two groups, while no notable distinctions were detected in other fitness parameters (p > 0.05). After a 12-week training program, the FTG demonstrated improvements in all physical fitness measures [flexibility (p < 0.001); Illinois agility test (p < 0.001); T-agility test (p = 0.020); endurance (p < 0.001)] except speed, which exhibited no significant impact (p = 0.175). Notable enhancements in T-agility and endurance were evident after just six weeks of functional training, and a 12-week functional training regimen showed superiority over standard training approaches in young elite male field hockey players. These findings encourage the efficacy of functional training exercises over traditional methods in enhancing athletes' fitness parameters. Bursa Uludag Universitesi 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113078/1/113078.pdf Bashir, Marrium and Hucheng, Ma and Geok, Soh Kim and Akbar, Saddam and Zhang, Dong (2024) Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 23 (3). pp. 628-637. ISSN 1303-2968 https://www.jssm.org/jssm-23-628.xml%3EFulltext 10.52082/jssm.2024.628
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description This study aimed to explore the impact of functional training on the physical fitness of young elite field hockey players. The study comprised 40 young elite male field hockey players with the following characteristics (mean ± SD age: 21.5 ± 0.8 years; height: 176.9 ± 2.6 cm; weight: 68.4 ± 5.1 kg; BMI: 21.8 ± 1.3; training experience: 51.2 ± 5.4 months). Twenty participants were allo-cated to two groups: the functional training group (FTG) and the control training group (CG). Each group received 60-minute training sessions three times per week for 12 weeks. Generalized estimating equation analysis and a Bonferroni test for pairwise comparisons were used to assess the intervention's efficacy. Before the start of the exercise program, no statistically significant differences were observed in physical fitness measures between the FTG and CG (p > 0.05). However, by the sixth week, a significant difference appeared in both the T-Agility test (p < 0.001) and endurance (p = 0.024) between the two groups, while no notable distinctions were detected in other fitness parameters (p > 0.05). After a 12-week training program, the FTG demonstrated improvements in all physical fitness measures [flexibility (p < 0.001); Illinois agility test (p < 0.001); T-agility test (p = 0.020); endurance (p < 0.001)] except speed, which exhibited no significant impact (p = 0.175). Notable enhancements in T-agility and endurance were evident after just six weeks of functional training, and a 12-week functional training regimen showed superiority over standard training approaches in young elite male field hockey players. These findings encourage the efficacy of functional training exercises over traditional methods in enhancing athletes' fitness parameters.
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author Bashir, Marrium
Hucheng, Ma
Geok, Soh Kim
Akbar, Saddam
Zhang, Dong
spellingShingle Bashir, Marrium
Hucheng, Ma
Geok, Soh Kim
Akbar, Saddam
Zhang, Dong
Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
author_facet Bashir, Marrium
Hucheng, Ma
Geok, Soh Kim
Akbar, Saddam
Zhang, Dong
author_sort Bashir, Marrium
title Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
title_short Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
title_full Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
title_fullStr Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
title_sort enhancing physical fitness in elite field hockey players with a twelve-week functional training program: a cluster randomized control trial
publisher Bursa Uludag Universitesi
publishDate 2024
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113078/1/113078.pdf
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