Abstract
This study was planned to examine the effect of Gymnastics-specific stretching exercises on flexibility and balance parameters. A total of 28 (16 males, 12 females) volunteer students were involved in the study, who were educated at the School of Physical Education and Sports. For 12 Weeks, 2 days a week and 90 min. stretching exercises specific to the gymnastics branch were applied and flexibility (sit-lie down) and Y balance tests were applied before the study. Anova test analysis was used to determine the difference between pre-test and post-test. Although the SA (right foot anterior), SPL (right foot posterolateral), SPM (right foot posteromedial), SLA (left foot anterior), SLPL (left foot posterolateral), SLPM (left foot posteromedial) scores of male and female students in the study showed a positive increase compared to the preliminary test scores, there was no statistically significant difference (p > .05). As a result, gymnastic branch-specific stretching exercises increase the balance and flexibility parameters in a positive way; it is thought that the longer duration of training programs will have a positive effect on the athlete’s performance.
Highlights
Gymnastics is a sports branch that provides the complex technical movements necessary for each sports branch and contains many motoric features (Atılgan & Pınar, 2005)
As stated at the basic level, the whole body should be considered as a whole in flexibility studies and should be developed on the basis of general mobility, especially in the specific mobility required for gymnasts
Stretching exercises are used in gymnastics branch where balance and flexibility are very important, but when the literature is examined, there are not enough studies about the training programs of stretching exercises. From this point of view, our study is planned to determine the effect of flexibility and balance parameters of gymnastic stretching exercises for 12 weeks
Summary
Gymnastics is a sports branch that provides the complex technical movements necessary for each sports branch and contains many motoric features (Atılgan & Pınar, 2005). As with most sports branches, gymnastics requires high physical technical skill physiological performance (Tatlici & Cakmakci, 2019). It consists of many movements and movement groups such as Jump, capriole, turn, armstand dvies, leg and arm tossing, flight, static and dynamic posture (Akdogan, 2008). Balance is the ability to control the body with minimal muscle activity in static and dynamic positions against changes in the body’s center of gravity (Akyüz, 2017). It suggests that age and maturation may have an effect on the amalgamation of selected balance components and lower limb muscle strength (Akyüz et al, 2017). From this point of view, our study is planned to determine the effect of flexibility and balance parameters of gymnastic stretching exercises for 12 weeks
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