The Effect of Core Muscle Training on the Physical Fitness for Junior High Male Athletes

• Main Authors: Shu-Ju Yang, 楊淑如
• Other Authors: Ta-Yen Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73487755150619308742

碩士 === 明道大學 === 課程與教學研究所 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of core muscle training for junior high school male field athletes’ performance of physical fitness including body mass index (BMI), flexibility, power, muscle strength, and cardiovascular endurance. Besides routine specialized training, the treatment group also took 8 weeks of core muscle training (3 times a week, 30 minutes per time), while the control group only underwent routine specialized training. All the subjects had done pre-test and post-test on body composition (BMI), flexibility (sit and reach), power (standing long jump), muscle strength (1 minute bent-knee sit-up), and cardiovascular endurance (1600m) tests before and after training. All the data were used to analyze the differences of pre-test and post-test between treatment group and control group through descriptive statistics and paired-sample t test and to analyze the rate of progress on each physical fitness items between treatment group and control group through independent-sample t test. After 8 weeks of core muscle training, the results of pre-test and post-test for treatment group had significant differences in flexibility (sit and reach), power (standing long jump), muscle strength (bent-knee sit-up), and cardiovascular endurance (1600m); while the result of body composition (BMI) had no significant difference. Then, after treatment group and control group underwent independent-sample t test, had significant differences in flexibility (sit and reach), muscle strength (bent-knee sit-up). And there were no significant differences in body composition (BMI), power (standing long jump), and cardiovascular endurance (1600m). The conclusion of this study was: core muscle training can obviously improve junior high school male field athletes’ flexibility and muscle strength.