THE POST ACTIVATION POTENTIATION EFFECT OF TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONING STIMULI ON DROP JUMP PARAMETERS ON YOUNG FEMALE ARTISTIC GYMNASTS

George Dallas; Alexandros Mavvidis; Ioanna Kosmadaki; Sofia Tsoumani; Konstantinos Dallas

doi:10.52165/sgj.11.1.103-113

Authors

George Dallas 1National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Physical Education and Sport Scienc, Athens, Greece
Alexandros Mavvidis Democritus University of Thrace - Department of Physical Education and Sport Science Komotini, Greece
Ioanna Kosmadaki Athens, Greece
Sofia Tsoumani Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Dallas National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Physical Education and Sport Scienc, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52165/sgj.11.1.103-113

Keywords:

plyometric exercise, artistic gymnasts, drop jump

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the post activation potentiation (PAP) effect of two different conditioning stimuli (CS) on drop jump (DJ) parameters on young female gymnasts. Thirty young female artistic gymnasts, aged 8 to 13 years old performed two protocols of either double tuck jumps (DTJ: 2 sets of 5 repetitions) or legs blocking action (LBA: 2 sets of 5 repetitions) in a within-subject randomized design. Before and immediately after the PAP treatment and 4, 8, 12, and 16 min after, jumping ability was measured by performing a drop jump (DJ). Statistical analysis revealed significant interaction effect between the two CS for DJ height (p < 0.002), time flight (p < 0.002) and take-off velocity (p < 0.003). Furthermore, significant main effect was found for protocol on DJ height (p < 0.001) and time flight (p < 0.001). It is recommended to the sports experts to include similar condition stimuli in the warm-up procedure, in order to improve their jumping performance. Conclusive both CS cause PAP phenomenon but the specialized CS produces higher rates of improvements in young female artistic gymnasts.

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