Innovative technique of combined use of tennis balls, rubber bands and jumping exercises in the training process of badminton players aged 14-15

Abstract

Background. The use of effective sports equipment helps players to improve their game, provides comfort and safety during the game, and also contributes to the improvement of badminton players' sports skills. Purpose: to develop and experimentally substantiate the use of exercise complexes with the use of tennis balls, rubber bands, and a jar with feather flounces in the educational and training process of young badminton players. Material and Methods. 20 badminton players athletes of the sports school "DOR" in Dnipro aged from 13 to 14 years old. Control group (10 people), experimental group (10 people). All participants and their parents agreed to participate in the experiment. The experiment was conducted from February to July 2023. Research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological sources, testing of physical qualities (long jump from a place with the right and left side, plank with a weighting, push-up, 30 s, jumps with a rope for 1 min, jumps with rotation of a rope forward, raising of a trunk in a saddle for 1 min), technical capabilities (test «Speedy movement», test «Transfer of flounces diagonally», test «Reaction», test «Smash with finishing», test «The maximum number of strokes in a draw»), methods of mathematical statistics. Results. The experimental group used a combination of exercises using tennis balls, rubber bands and jumps to develop physical qualities and technical capabilities. The control group used exercises without equipment. The results of the experiment confirmed that the control group showed significant improvement in two physical fitness tests: «Jumping rope in 1 min» and «Throwing a stuffed ball 1 kg» (p<0.05; p<0.01). The experimental group also showed significant improvement in two physical fitness tests: «Jumping rope for 1 min» and «Raising the body in a sit-up for 1 min», as well as in three tests of technical fitness: «High-speed movement», «Diagonal transfer of flounces» and «Smash with finishing» (p<0.05; p<0.01). Analysing the obtained results, significant differences between the control and experimental groups were revealed. In particular, in the experimental group there were significantly higher values in the tests «Mix with finishing» and «Maximum number of blows»in comparison with sportswomen of the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusions. The complexes of exercises which include the use of sports equipment are developed and included into the training programme of badminton players of 13-14 years old. It is recommended to use exercises with tennis balls, rubber tape, jumping exercises for improvement of physical and technical fitness of young badminton players.