Study of Shooting Accuracy and Fatigue of Leg Muscles After Eight Weeks of Resistance Training in Shooters Men With a Inflatable Pistol

• Main Authors: Alireza Ramezani, Morad Hosseini
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch 2019-03-01
• Series: Biyumikānīk-i varzishī
• Subjects: shooting accuracy; muscle fatigue; elite male shooters
• Online Access: http://biomechanics.iauh.ac.ir/article-1-163-en.html
• ISSN: 2476-4906; 2476-5937

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the shooting accuracy and leg muscles fatigue of male shooters using air pistol after 8 weeks of resistance training. Methods The study population consisted of all elite male shooters from Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province of Iran. Of these, 20 subjects were selected as study samples and underwent shooting with two different postural forms (prolonged and intermittent standing) before and after resistance training. The resistance training protocol included 5 different movements performed slowly in the morning. Movements started in 3 sets of 10 repetitions with 1-min rest interval in the first session and ended with 5 sets of 14 repetitions with 1-min interval in the last session. It lasted for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week. For data analysis, repeated mesures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Perason correlation test were used and performed in SPSS V. 20 software. Results After eight weeks of resistance training, the posttest shooting accuracy and muscle fatigue were significantly different compared to the pre-test scores in different postural forms (P=0.05). There was a high correlation between changes in muscle fatigue and shooting accuracy in both prolonged and intermittent standing positions (P=0.05).  Conclusion Eight weeks of resistance training had positive effect on muscle fatigue and shooting accuracy of shooters in two forms of standing positions.