The Effect of Gymnastics and Taekwondo Trainings on Balance, Flexibility and Jumping Parameters in Primary School Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the effects of 8-week gymnastics and taekwondo training applied to 8-10 year old primary school students on balance, flexibility and jump parameters. A total of 30 students participated in the study, and the students were randomly assigned to the gymnastics group (GG=10, X̄age=8.70±0.48), the taekwondo group (TG=10, X̄age=8.20±0.42) and the control group (CG=10, X̄age=9.50±0.52). GG and TG performed their branch-specific training at 48-hour intervals, 2 days a week, for a total of 8 weeks. CG did not participate in any sports activities for 8 weeks. In order to evaluate their performance, Y dynamic balance test, flexibility test and vertical jump test were applied to the participants before and after 8 weeks. Shapiro-Wilk test was used to determine the normality distribution of the data. Due to the normal distribution of the data, Paired Sample T Test was used to determine the difference within the group, and the Independent Sample T Test was used to determine the difference between the groups. As a result of the study, significant differences were found in the flexibility and jump pre-test results of GG and TG within the group (p<0.05), but no significant difference was found in CG. Although there were significant differences in favor of CG in the lower and upper extremity dynamic balance in-group comparison results of the groups, only the right leg anterior value of TG was significantly different (p<0.05). No significant difference was found in CG. As a result of the comparison between the groups, a significant difference was found in favor of GG in the lower extremity left leg composite variable (p<0.05), while there was no statistical difference in all other variables. It was concluded that gymnastics training had a higher positive effect on balance, flexibility and vertical jump parameters compared to taekwondo training.

Keywords

• Gymnastics
• Taekwondo
• Y Dynamic Balance
• Flexibility
• Vertical Jump

İlkokul Öğrencilerine Uygulanan Cimnastik ve Taekwondo Antrenmanlarının Denge, Esneklik ve Sıçrama Parametrelerine Etkisi

Öz

Bu çalışma 8-10 yaş aralığındaki ilkokul öğrencilerine uygulanan 8 haftalık cimnastik ve taekwondo antrenmanlarının denge, esneklik ve sıçrama parametrelerine etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışmaya toplamda 30 öğrenci katıldı ve öğrenciler rastgele yöntemle cimnastik grubu (CG=10, X̄yaş=8.70±0,48), taekwondo grubu (TG=10, X̄yaş=8,20±0,42) ve kontrol grubu (KG=10, X̄yaş=9,50±0,52) olarak ayrıldı. CG ve TG 48 saat aralıklarla haftada 2 gün ve toplamda 8 hafta boyunca branşa özgü antrenmanlarını gerçekleştirdi. KG ise 8 hafta boyunca herhangi bir sportif aktiviteye katılmadı. Performansların değerlendirilmesi için katılımcılara Y dinamik denge testi, esneklik testi ve dikey sıçrama testi 8 haftanın öncesinde ve sonrasında uygulandı. Verilerin normallik dağılımını belirlemek için Shapiro-Wilk testi uygulandı. Verilerin normal dağılım göstermesi üzerine grup içi farkı belirlemek için Paired Sample T Test, gruplar arasındaki farkın belirlenebilmesi için ise Independent Sample T Test kullanıldı. Çalışma sonucunda CG ve TG’nin grup içi esneklik ve sıçrama ön ve test sonuçlarında anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilirken (p<0,05), KG’de ise anlamlı fark bulunmadı. Grupların alt ve üst ekstremite dinamik denge grup içi karşılaştırma sonuçlarında CG lehine anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmasına karşın, TG’nin sadece sağ bacak anterior değerinde anlamlı farklılık tespit edildi (p<0,05). KG’de ise herhangi bir anlamlı farklılık bulunmadı. Gruplar arası karşılaştırma sonucunda alt ekstremite sol bacak composite değişkeninde CG lehine anlamlı bir fark tespit edilirken (p<0,05), diğer bütün değişkenlerde istatistiksel açıdan bir fark bulunmadı. Cimnastik antrenmanlarının taekwondo antrenmanlarına kıyasla denge, esneklik ve dikey sıçrama parametreleri üzerinde olumlu etkisinin daha yüksek olduğu sonucuna varıldı.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Cimnastik
• Taekwondo
• Y Dinamik Denge
• Esneklik
• Dikey sıçrama

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