MONITORING YOUNG SWIMMERS’ PERFORMANCE ON ANTHROPOMETRIC AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, TETHERED FORCE, BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMECHANICS OVER A COMPETITIVE TRAINING CYCLE
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The objectives of this study were to 1) study and compare anthropometric and physical performance, tethered force, bioenergetics and biomechanics over a training marcocycle and 2) study the influences of anthropometric and physical performance, tethered force, bioenergetics and biomechanics on 50 meter swimming performance in training macrocycle (12-week). Sixteen sprinter (50-100m) of Thai young national swimmers (8 males and 8 females; 16.06 +0.98 yrs), participated in this study. Mean and percentage change of an anthropometric and physical performance, tethered force, bioenergetics and biomechanics were tested and compared between pre and post-test over a competitive training cycle. Independent t-test was also conducted to evaluate any differences. Multiple linear regressions were used to identify the most influential variables and the relative contribution of each factor to changes in 50-m swimming performance.
The results revealed that fatigue index (32.50 %) and mean force (12.60%) played the main change while biomechanics and swimming efficiency and flexibility revealed a small change. The relative contributions of biomechanics and swimming efficiency showed the most influences on 50 meter swimming performance in both pre-training (86.3%) and post training 82.5%). Stroke index (63.7%) also played the main role after 12-week macrocycle in a competitive season. It was concluded that the specific marcocycle training program to improve speed performance should be adapted to specialty of swimmers in accordance with the relative contribution of strength, aerobic and anaerobic and the rate of force development training program.
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