Effects of a Self-Regulated Training Program on the Repeated Power in Female College Handball Players: An Intervention Study.

Sebastián Espoz-Lazo,Sebastián Álvarez-Arangua,Claudio Farías-Valenzuela,Paloma Ferrero-Hernández,Claudio Hinojosa-Torres,Pedro Valdivia-Moral

doi:10.3390/ijerph182312662

Abstract

Several resistance training programs using conventional methodologies have been implemented with the purpose of improving the ability to perform power actions in handball, especially during the competitive season. In contrast, methodologies based on a contemporary perspective, which considers the human being as a self-regulating biological entity, and designed specifically for female college players, are scarce. The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of an eight-week resistance training program, in which the athletes were able to control the loads according to their self-perceived effort and rest on their repeated shuttle sprint and jump ability. The sample was composed of 16 female players of a handball team from the faculty of physics and mathematics sciences of a Chilean university. The RSSJA test was used to evaluate players’ conditions pre- and post-training program, and the self-perceived effort scale called OMNI-RES was used for the prediction and control of loads. Results indicated that, after the application of an eight-week resistance training program, significant improvements p ≤ 0.05 on the jump height (pre: 1836.4 W; average post: 2088.9 W) and running speed (average pre: 3.2 m/s; average post: 4.0 m/s) were obtained, as well as a significant reduction in the loss of power and speed between each set of the applied test.

Highlights

Handball has traditionally been characterized by the need for repetitive actions such as throwing, blocking, pushing, running, changing of direction, and jumping [1], which are mainly dependent on the systematic ability to produce muscle power at high speed during the game [2]
Aimed to determine whether research focused on self-perceived to control strength training in female handball research focused on self-perceived effortsefforts to control strength training loads loads in female players could be valuable as a means of investigating different non-professional contexts
A program based and designed from the concept of humans as complex dynamic systems, built for the improvement of power, which is controlled under the perception of the effort of each player in an individual and subjective manner, can be an effective instrument to improve the power in counter-movement jumps and the speed of 25 m sprints in university handball players, regardless of their initial physical level and their experience in strength training

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Introduction

Handball has traditionally been characterized by the need for repetitive actions such as throwing, blocking, pushing, running, changing of direction, and jumping [1], which are mainly dependent on the systematic ability to produce muscle power at high speed during the game [2]. The movements of handball demand a high level of intensity which is maintained from the beginning to the end of each match, associated with its offensive technical–tactical actions and a large number of strong defensive contacts [3,4]. To satisfy these intensity and power needs, resistance training programs were implemented during the pre-competitive and competitive season.

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