Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of two ‘NetballSmart’, netball specific warm-ups in improving landing technique measures in New Zealand secondary school netball players. DesignMulti-site cluster experimental trial. Participants77 youth participants, mean ± SD age = 15.8 ± 0.9 were recruited from secondary school netball teams. Setting12 teams from 6 schools performed either the NetballSmart Dynamic Warm-up (NSDW) (n = 37); or Power warm-up (PWU) (n = 40), three times a week for 12 weeks. All players within a school (2 teams) were assigned the same warm-up, avoiding treatment contamination. Main outcome measuresA series of unilateral and bilateral drop vertical jumps on to a portable force plate were completed by all participants. Measures included peak vertical ground reaction force (GRF) for single-leg and bilateral landings; frontal plane projection angle (FPPA) for right and left single-leg landings and Landing error scoring system (LESS) for bilateral landings. Paired t-tests were used to assess mean differences pre and post the warm-up. Generalised linear mixed effects models were developed to evaluate the effects between the NSDW and PWU groups. ResultsSignificant improvements were found in all the landing technique outcome measures for both warm-up groups (ES Range- GRF = −0.6 to −1.1; FPPA = 0.8 to 1.2; LESS = −1.6 to-3.2; p < 0.05). Results of mixed effects models revealed that there was only a significantly greater improvement in LESS for the PWU group (β = −0.30, p = 0.001). ConclusionResults show both warm-ups can improve landing technique measures in youth secondary school netball players. It is recommended that coaches should consider implementing one of the two warm-ups in their netball programmes. Their choice of warm-up will likely be dependent on their environment and time demands.
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