Investigation of the Effects of Air Alert III Exercises on Some Physical Parameters in Midi Girls Volleyball Players

Year 2025, Volume: 27 Issue: 1, 54 - 60, 25.03.2025

Mahmut Acak , Alperen Şanal , Abdullah Altunhan , Muhammed Zahid Açak

https://doi.org/10.62425/rses.1550434

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of modified Air Alert III exercises, a jump training program in basketball, on vertical jump performance in middle school female volleyball players. Sixteen 13-year-old female athletes, including 8 in the experimental group and 8 in the control group, participated after completing at least three years of regular volleyball training. The Air Alert III program applied to the experimental group includes exercises where the types and rest periods between sets remain constant, but the number of repetitions and sets reduced by 50%. The program continued for 15 weeks, while the control group maintained their regular training routine. Statistical analyses, performed using SPSS 25.0, show differences between the pre-test and post-test results of the groups, assessed using the Paired-Sample T-Test. The significance level set at p<0.01. Positive improvements in vertical jump, Illinois agility test, and Flamingo balance test appear in the experimental group (p<0.01), whereas no significant differences found in the control group's pre-test and post-test results (p>0.01). These findings indicate that the Air Alert III program serves as an alternative training method for enhancing vertical jump, agility, and balance in volleyball players.

Keywords

Volleyball, Vertical jump, Balance, Agility, Air Alert III

AIR ALERT III EGZERSİZLERİNİN MİDİ KIZ VOLEYBOLCULARDA BAZI FİZİKSEL PARAMETRELERE ETKİSİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu çalışma; Basketbol branşında sıçrama programı olan Air Alert III egzersizlerinin modifiye edilerek midi kız voleybolcularda dikey sıçramaya etkisinin incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Katılımcılar 13 yaşında en az üç yıl düzenli olarak voleybol antrenmanlarına katılan 13 yaşında 16 (8 çalışma-8 kontrol) kız sporcu katılmıştır. Çalışma gurubuna Air Alert III programı uygulandı. Uygulanan antrenman programında, egzersiz türü ve setler arası dinlenme süreleri sabit tutulurken, modifiye olarak tekrar sayısı ve set sayısı % 50 azaltıldı. Program onbeş hafta uygulandı. Kontrol grubu ise rutin antrenmanlarına devam etti. İstatistiki Analiz SPSS 25.0 ile yapıldı. Gurupların ön testleri ve son testleri arasındaki farklar Paired-Sample T-Testi ile değerlendirildi. İstatiksel anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.01 olarak kabul edilmiştir. Çalışma gurubu değerleri dikey sıçrama, illionis çeviklik testi flamingo denge testi pozitif yönde olumlu oldukları tespit edilmiştir (p<0.01). Kontrol grubunun ön test ve son test verileri incelendiğinde ise ön-son teste göre belirlenen parametrelerde anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilmemiştir (p>0.01). Araştırma sonucunda Air Alert III programının voleybolcularda dikey sıçrama, çeviklik ve denge gibi özelliklerin geliştirilmesinde kullanılabilecek alternatif bir program olduğunu gösterdi.

Keywords

Voleybol, Dikey sıçrama, Denge, Çeviklik, Air Alert III

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