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ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2017

Plyometric Training Improves Sprinting, Jumping and Throwing Capacities of High Level Female Volleyball Players Better Than Skill-Based Conditioning.

Bahri Gjinovci, Kemal Idrizovic, Ognjen Uljevic, Damir Sekulic

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Article in Journal of sports science & medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. The Effect of Plyometric Training in Volleyball Players: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 authors.

Bahri GjinovciUniversity of Prishtina, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Kemal IdrizovicUniversity of Montenegro, Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Ognjen UljevicUniversity of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, Split, Croatia.
Damir SekulicUniversity of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, Split, Croatia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an evident lack of studies on the effectiveness of plyometric- and skill-based-conditioning in volleyball. This study aimed to evaluate effects of 12-week plyometric- and volleyball-skill-based training on specific conditioning abilities in female volleyball players. The sample included 41 high-level female volleyball players (21.8 ± 2.1 years of age; 1.76 ± 0.06 cm; 60.8 ± 7.0 kg), who participated in plyometric- (n = 21), or skill-based-conditioning-program (n = 20). Both programs were performed twice per week. Participants were tested on body-height, body-mass (BM), countermovement jump (CMJ), standing broad jump (SBJ), medicine ball throw, (MBT) and 20-m sprint (S20M). All tests were assessed at the study baseline (pre-) and at the end of the 12-week programs (post-testing). Two-way ANOVA for repeated measurements showed significant (p<0.05) "Group x Time" effects for all variables but body-height. Plyometric group significantly reduced body-mass (trivial effect size [ES] differences; 1% average pre- to post-measurement changes), and improved their performance in S20M (moderate ES; 8%), MBT (very large ES; 25%), CMJ (large ES; 27%), and SBJ (moderate ES; 8%). Players involved in skill-based-conditioning significantly improved CMJ (large ES; 18%), SBJ (small ES; 3%), and MBT (large ES; 9%). The changes which occurred between pre- and post-testing were more inter-correlated in plyometric-group. Although both training-modalities induced positive changes in jumping- and throwing-capacities, plyometric-training is found to be more effective than skill-based conditioning in improvement of conditioning capacities of female senior volleyball players. Future studies should evaluate differential program effects in less experienced and younger players.

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conditioningplyometric exercisesmall-sided gamesVolleyball

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PMID29238253
PMCPMC5721183

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