OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SWIMMERS BY DEVELOPING GENERAL STRENGTH

• Main Authors: Bogdan URICHIANU, Adrian URICHIANU, Sanda Toma URICHIANU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Universităţii din Oradea 2020-12-01
• Series: Analele Universităţii din Oradea: Fascicula Educaţie Fizică şi Sport
• Subjects: strength; training; stepped method
• Online Access: http://www.fefsoradea.ro/Fascicula_Educatie_Fizica_si_Sport/2020/3.FEFS_2020_Bogdan.pdf
• ISSN: 2286-2870; 1224-5100

Swimming is a cyclical sport branch and through its practice, children benefit from the harmonious development of motor qualities and skills. In order to learn the styles of swimming, the improvement of motor qualities is necessary, of which the most important are: reaction speed, coordination of body segments, explosive force and endurance. Swimming can be done by children from an early age and they can get sports performance very early. From the age of 6 or 7 children can start sports training and the progress of results depends on the quality of training done at an early age. The physical effort made in swim training acts on the body by stimulating the cardio-respiratory system and blood circulation, thermoregulation and organ function in tissues and cells. The aim of this study was to obtain sports performance by streamlining the capacity for physical effort performed based on the development of motor qualities: endurance, speed and strength. Objectives. In the practical application made on students aged 10-11, we pursued the following objectives; identifying the most important and accessible ways and means to obtain valuable results for increasing the performance of athletes; knowledge in the efficiency of development methods of specific motor qualities, especially the muscular force of swimmers. Methods. The methods used in this study were: observation method, practical application, statistical method, graphical representation and data interpretation method. Results. The implementation of the stepped working method for the development of swimmers' strength during the practical application to the experimental group, confirmed the hypothesis and the superiority of this method compared to the training program carried out by the control group can be highlighted. Conclusions. In the development of juniors' strength, an important place is occupied by exercises with weights, even with high demands. It should be noted that the application of the most effective methods in strength training by lifting weights must have a prior foundation made built a correct combination of volume and intensity of effort and adequate recovery.