Abstract:

The aim of this study is to study the impact of two different heating protocols on performance parameters and the level of relationship between them in 11-12-year-old footballers. The study included 22 volunteer men (age: 11,50±51 years; length: 148,54±7,69 cm; body weight: 40,44±7,50 kg and body mass index (BMI): 18,21±2,29 kg/m2) training footballers. The research group applied two different heating protocols, including pre-training jogging + dynamic stretching and jogging + static stretching exercises. After the dynamic and static heating protocol, 3 minutes of passive rest and follow-up were applied to footballers; foot strength measurement, flamingo balance test, T flexibility test, 30 m speed test and ball speed measurement. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test determined whether the error terms show normal distribution. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the effects of heating methods on performance parameters. The relationship between parameters was analyzed by the Spearman Correlation test. Compared with the results obtained; there is a statistically significant difference between dynamic and static heating methods according to the T flexibility test results (p<0,05), while other performance values have no statistically significant difference (p>0,05). As a result, the dynamic heating protocols in the foot strength, balance, flexibility, speed and ball speed parameters have been found to increase performance according to the static heating protocols, but statistical significance has only occurred in the flexibility parameters, and the dynamic stretching exercises are believed to have a positive impact on performance when applied in footballers before training. In this context, it is recommended that pre-training dynamic stretching exercises be performed in footballers to ensure performance improvement. On the other hand, it is known that in football the physical and physiological requirements of the game are diverse and the performance components are different, so it can be said that the choice of stretching exercises in heating protocols is extremely important and can be varied according to the scope of the training.

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