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The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers

This study aims to evaluate the effect of rhythm training in the early coordination development and to find out its role in the transfer of specific performance in young swimmers. Eighty young swimmers aged eight to twelve were divided randomly into a control group (CON, n = 40, M/F=17/23) or an exp...

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Autores principales: Yin, Xiaofeng, Zhu, Rongxin, Shi, Xin, Cai, Guang, Jing, Chen, Pan, Qile, Yang, Tao
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529213
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15667
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author Yin, Xiaofeng
Zhu, Rongxin
Shi, Xin
Cai, Guang
Jing, Chen
Pan, Qile
Yang, Tao
author_facet Yin, Xiaofeng
Zhu, Rongxin
Shi, Xin
Cai, Guang
Jing, Chen
Pan, Qile
Yang, Tao
author_sort Yin, Xiaofeng
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description This study aims to evaluate the effect of rhythm training in the early coordination development and to find out its role in the transfer of specific performance in young swimmers. Eighty young swimmers aged eight to twelve were divided randomly into a control group (CON, n = 40, M/F=17/23) or an experimental group (EXP, n = 40, M/F=19/21). A total of 72 swimmers completed all the training programs and tests included in this study (CON, n = 35, M/F=15/20; EXP, n = 37, M/F=16/21). The training programme lasted 12 weeks. During the study period, all groups participated in the same swimming training program with the control group participating six times a week, and the experimental group participating four times a week with an additional two rhythm trainings each week. The height, weight, walking backwards ability, jumping sideways ability, and 25 m freestyle were measured for each participant and an index of coordination was analyzed from recordings of the participant’s 25 m freestyle. The results indicated that participation in rhythm training resulted in improved general motor and swimming-specific coordination among the swimmers, but the results varied by number of years of sport-specific training experience. The swimmers with more training experience improved more in swimming-specific coordination but less in general motor coordination. This study strengthens the evidence for the effectiveness of early rhythm training in swimmers, indicating that it is feasible to design programs to address general and sport-specific coordination in young athletes.
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spelling pubmed-103890692023-08-01 The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers Yin, Xiaofeng Zhu, Rongxin Shi, Xin Cai, Guang Jing, Chen Pan, Qile Yang, Tao PeerJ Kinesiology This study aims to evaluate the effect of rhythm training in the early coordination development and to find out its role in the transfer of specific performance in young swimmers. Eighty young swimmers aged eight to twelve were divided randomly into a control group (CON, n = 40, M/F=17/23) or an experimental group (EXP, n = 40, M/F=19/21). A total of 72 swimmers completed all the training programs and tests included in this study (CON, n = 35, M/F=15/20; EXP, n = 37, M/F=16/21). The training programme lasted 12 weeks. During the study period, all groups participated in the same swimming training program with the control group participating six times a week, and the experimental group participating four times a week with an additional two rhythm trainings each week. The height, weight, walking backwards ability, jumping sideways ability, and 25 m freestyle were measured for each participant and an index of coordination was analyzed from recordings of the participant’s 25 m freestyle. The results indicated that participation in rhythm training resulted in improved general motor and swimming-specific coordination among the swimmers, but the results varied by number of years of sport-specific training experience. The swimmers with more training experience improved more in swimming-specific coordination but less in general motor coordination. This study strengthens the evidence for the effectiveness of early rhythm training in swimmers, indicating that it is feasible to design programs to address general and sport-specific coordination in young athletes. PeerJ Inc. 2023-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10389069/ /pubmed/37529213 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15667 Text en ©2023 Yin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
spellingShingle Kinesiology
Yin, Xiaofeng
Zhu, Rongxin
Shi, Xin
Cai, Guang
Jing, Chen
Pan, Qile
Yang, Tao
The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
title The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
title_full The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
title_fullStr The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
title_full_unstemmed The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
title_short The effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
title_sort effect of rhythm training on the motor coordination abilities of 8–12-year-old freestyle swimmers
topic Kinesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529213
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15667
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