The Relationship Between Calf Circumference, Jump Performance and Shot Velocity İn Female Soccer Players / Kadın Futbolcularda Baldır Çevresi, Sıçrama Performansı ve Şut Hızı Arasındaki İlişki'
The Relationship of Calf, Jump And Shot in Female Soccer Players
Keywords:
Calf Circumference, Shot Velocity, Soccer, Strength., Baldır Çevresi, Futbol, Şut Hızı, KuvvetAbstract
ABSTRACT
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between calf muscle circumference, jump performance and shot velocity and to control the asymmetric strength between dominant and non-dominant lower extremities of female soccer players.
Material and Methods: Twenty-nine female soccer players voluntarily participated in the study. As part of the anthropometric measurements, participants' height, body weight and calf muscle circumference were measured. The vertical jump performances of the subjects were measured by the Sargent Test and their shot velocity in penalty shots were measured by handheld radar gun. Mean values and standard deviation were used for descriptive data. Data normality and equality of variance were assessed by Shapiro-Wilk, Q-Q plot and Levene tests, respectively. Data were found to be normally distributed. The relationships between athletes' shot velocity performances, LLC, DVJ and NVJ performances were analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis.
Results: A positive and moderately significant relationship was found between the subjects' shot velocity and calf muscle circumference values (r=0.488; p=0.028). Similarly, the relationship between shot velocity and the non-dominant vertical jump performance of subjects was positive and moderately significant (r=0.456; p=0.025). However, the relationship between the subjects' shot velocity and the dominant vertical jump performance was not significant (p>0.05). In addition, the lower extremity limb symmetry index of the subjects were within the safe range (95.16±13.97%).
Conclusions: It has been determined that calf muscle circumference and non-dominant vertical jump parameters are related to shot velocity in female soccer players. In addition, the limb symmetry index was in the safe range indicating that the participants are not likely to be injured under normal conditions.
Keywords: Calf Circumference, Shot Velocity, Soccer, Strength.
ÖZET
Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, kadın futbolcuların baldır kas çevresi, sıçrama performansı ve şut hızı arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek ve dominant ve dominant olmayan alt ekstremiteleri arasındaki kuvvet asimetrisini kontrol etmektir.
Materyal ve Metot: Yirmi dokuz kadın futbolcu çalışmaya gönüllü olarak katıldı. Antropometrik ölçümlerin bir parçası olarak katılımcıların boy uzunluğu, vücut ağırlığı ve baldır kası çevresi ölçüldü. Deneklerin dikey sıçrama performansları Sargent Testi ile, penaltı atışlarındaki şut hızları ise el tipi radar tabancası ile ölçüldü. Tanımlayıcı veriler için ortalama değerler ve standart sapma kullanılmıştır. Verilerin normalliği ve varyans eşitliği sırasıyla Shapiro-Wilk, Q-Q plot ve Levene testleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Verilerin normal dağılım gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir. Sporcuların şut hızı performansları ile LLC, DVJ ve NVJ performansları arasındaki ilişkiler Pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir
Bulgular: Deneklerin şut hızı ile baldır kası çevresi değerleri arasında pozitif ve orta derecede anlamlı bir ilişki bulundu (r=0.488; p=0.028). Benzer şekilde, deneklerin şut hızı ile dominant olmayan dikey sıçrama performansı arasındaki ilişki pozitif ve orta derecede anlamlıydı (r=0,456; p=0,025). Ancak, deneklerin şut hızı ile dominant dikey sıçrama performansı arasındaki ilişki anlamlı değildi (p>0.05). Ayrıca, deneklerin alt ekstremite uzuv simetri indeksleri güvenli aralıktaydı (%95,16±13,97).
Sonuç: Baldır kas çevresi ve dominant olmayan dikey sıçrama parametrelerinin kadın futbolcularda şut hızı ile ilişkili olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, uzuv simetri indeksinin güvenli aralıkta olduğu, dolayısıyla katılımcıların normal şartlar altında sakatlanma ihtimalinin bulunmadığı söylenebilir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Baldır Çevresi, Futbol, Kuvvet, Şut Hızı.
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