SUDA VE KARADA YAPILAN THERA-BAND ÇALIŞMALARININ YÜZME PERFORMANSINA ETKİSİ

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of 8-week thera-band training on swimming performance of 11-13-year-old age group female swimmers. Twenty-one volunteer female athletes who regularly swim in the Gebze Denizyıldızları Swimming Club participated in the study and the swimmers were randomly divided into three groups: Experimental-1, Experimental-2 and Control groups. Experimental-1 (n = 7; average age = 11.85 ± 0.89 years; average weight = 47.02 ± 7.45 kg; average height = 148.00 ± 0.84 cm) had resistance band in water + swimming training, Experimental-2 (n = 7; average age = 12.00) ± 0.81 years; average weight = 51.67 ± 7.16 kg; average height = 152.29 ± 0.50 cm) had resistance band on land + swimming training and Control group (n = 7; average age = 11.85 ± 0.89 years; average weight = 52.08 ± 1.00 kg) average height = 153.43 ± 0.47 cm) had only club swimming training. Before and after 8-week training program, test values of swimmers in terms of 30 seconds sit-up, 30 seconds push-up, 30 seconds medicine ball toss, standing long jump tests, and 25-50-200m swimming degrees were measured. Thera-band exercises in water and land were applied to athletes three days a week before swimming training. SPSS 22.0 package program included descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon test was used for intra-group analysis and Mann Whitney U test was used for intergroup analysis, and significance level was calculated as p