Cargando…

The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers

Background: Post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a phenomenon in which there is an increase in induced momentum in sporting activities after muscle contractions. In swimming, the start of the race and the increase in speed in its first few meters are important. The aim of the present study was to i...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Georgogiannis, Nikolaos, Tsalis, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37218850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8020054
_version_ 1785045823764037632
author Georgogiannis, Nikolaos
Tsalis, George
author_facet Georgogiannis, Nikolaos
Tsalis, George
author_sort Georgogiannis, Nikolaos
collection PubMed
description Background: Post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a phenomenon in which there is an increase in induced momentum in sporting activities after muscle contractions. In swimming, the start of the race and the increase in speed in its first few meters are important. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the PAP protocol, which included a simulated body weight start on the ground, on the swimming start and on the 25 m freestyle performance. Methods: The study included 14 male and 14 female swimmers, 14.9 ± 0.6 years old. All the swimmers performed three maximal attempts of 25 m freestyle swimming from the starting block on three different days in a randomly counterbalanced order. In each session, swimmers performed either a 25 m freestyle without any intervention before the swimming trial (CG), or performed four vertical simulated ground starts at maximal effort, 15 s before (15 sG) or 8 min before (8 minG) the swimming trial. The jump height, entry distance, flight time, and flight speed for each attempt were calculated. Results: The CG entry distance was significantly longer than that of the 15 sG and 8 minG (3.39 ± 0.20 vs. 3.31 ± 0.21 and 3.25 ± 0.25 m, respectively, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Four simulated swim starts on the ground, 15 s or 8 min before the swim sprint, had no positive effect on the swim start or swim performance, and it is up to the swimmer to perform these jumps.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10204395
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-102043952023-05-24 The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers Georgogiannis, Nikolaos Tsalis, George J Funct Morphol Kinesiol Article Background: Post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a phenomenon in which there is an increase in induced momentum in sporting activities after muscle contractions. In swimming, the start of the race and the increase in speed in its first few meters are important. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the PAP protocol, which included a simulated body weight start on the ground, on the swimming start and on the 25 m freestyle performance. Methods: The study included 14 male and 14 female swimmers, 14.9 ± 0.6 years old. All the swimmers performed three maximal attempts of 25 m freestyle swimming from the starting block on three different days in a randomly counterbalanced order. In each session, swimmers performed either a 25 m freestyle without any intervention before the swimming trial (CG), or performed four vertical simulated ground starts at maximal effort, 15 s before (15 sG) or 8 min before (8 minG) the swimming trial. The jump height, entry distance, flight time, and flight speed for each attempt were calculated. Results: The CG entry distance was significantly longer than that of the 15 sG and 8 minG (3.39 ± 0.20 vs. 3.31 ± 0.21 and 3.25 ± 0.25 m, respectively, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Four simulated swim starts on the ground, 15 s or 8 min before the swim sprint, had no positive effect on the swim start or swim performance, and it is up to the swimmer to perform these jumps. MDPI 2023-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10204395/ /pubmed/37218850 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8020054 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Georgogiannis, Nikolaos
Tsalis, George
The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers
title The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers
title_full The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers
title_fullStr The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers
title_short The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Swimming Starts in Adolescent Swimmers
title_sort effect of post-activation potentiation on swimming starts in adolescent swimmers
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37218850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8020054
work_keys_str_mv AT georgogiannisnikolaos theeffectofpostactivationpotentiationonswimmingstartsinadolescentswimmers
AT tsalisgeorge theeffectofpostactivationpotentiationonswimmingstartsinadolescentswimmers
AT georgogiannisnikolaos effectofpostactivationpotentiationonswimmingstartsinadolescentswimmers
AT tsalisgeorge effectofpostactivationpotentiationonswimmingstartsinadolescentswimmers