Efficiency of hopping in training 9-10 y.o. Athletes

There are several methods of training young athletes at anearly stage now. This step is the foundation for future high sports achievements. The jumping, running, strength, speed-strengthexercises and games are used in the preparation of young athletes. These are used in various ratios and sequence in phases, mesocycles,microcycles. For example, V.A. Kreyer and Yu.V. Verkhoshansky offer initial training to give preference to hopping work-out, andN.G. Ozolin and V.V. Toepfer - to the running one. In particular, 50 % of Junior Sports School of the Olympic Reserve in Athletics inTomsk where the study was conducted mainly used N.G. Ozolin's technique. Two groups were selected: the control group focused onN.G. Ozolin's approach with the priority given to the running operation, and the experimental group focused on U.V. Verkhoshansky'sidea of hopping exercises. They helped to evaluate the effectiveness of the introduction of hopping in the training process of athletes atthe beginning of training. The study involved 30 athletes, 8 girls and 7 boys in each group. Children were 9-10 years old. Three teststook place in the course of the annual cycle of training sessions. We used the following tests to determine the level of physical fitness ofathletes: the standing long jump, sit-ups with bent legs for 30 sec., triple jump, 60 m and 150 m sprints. Results of the tests conducted inthe first phase showed that the initial values in the control and experimental groups had no statistically significant differences. Resultsafter the experiment showed better achievements in the experimental group. The length of the long jump in the experimental group grewby 10.8 cm, in the control one - by 6.8 cm. The triple jump progress in the experimental and control groups was 18.2 cm and 6.9 cmrespectively. These results indicated a higher level of speed and power abilities in the experimental group. The 60 m sprint results werealso higher in the experimental group - 0.5 sec, in the control group - 0.3 sec. The 150 m sprint results (3.4 sec and 1.1 sec in ) provebetter speed endurance in the experimental group. Research results in sit-ups were also better for the experimental group - 3.8 times, inthe control group - 2.2 times, which shows a large abdominal strength endurance in the experimental group. Thus, a sports training withhopping improves the physical qualities of young athletes.

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