nvestigation of the Effects of 8-Week Tabata Training on Physical Performance in Amputee Football Players

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 188 - 194, 31.01.2025

Özkan Sarı , Murat Tutar

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1568553

Abstract

Investigation of the Effects of 8-Week Tabata Training on Physical Performance in Amputee Football Players

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 8-week tabata training on physical performance in amputee football players. For this purpose, 24 male football players who played in amputee football Super league and had at least 5 years of amputee football history participated in the study voluntarily.
Material and Methods: The athletes participating in the study were divided into 2 groups of 12 each as control group (CG) and tabata group (TG) by simple random method. While the TG applied an 8-week tabata exercise protocol during the normal football season, the CG continued only football training. Tabata protocol was applied as 4 sets 2 times a week for 8 weeks. Height, weight, waist, hip, standing long jump, vertical jump and yoyo tests were performed as pre-test before 8 weeks and post-test after 8 weeks. Dependent sample t test was used to determine whether there was a difference between the pre-test and post-test of each group.
Results: According to the pre-post test data between the groups; statistically significant differences were found in the final weight (-1.92±0.38), final VKI (-1.05±0.19), final SLJ (33.91±7.51), final VJ (7.66±1.54), and final Yoyo (1.437±0.26) measurements of TG and KG (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Tabata protocol applied for 8 weeks will be very useful to be used more in the development of aerobic and anaerobic endurance skills which are very important in amputee football players.

Keywords

amputee football, endurance, tabata, high-intensity, vertical jump

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