The Effect of 6-Week Combined Balance and Plyometric Training on Change of Direction Performance of Elite Badminton Players

Frontiers in Psychology

Yixiong Cui¹  Yan Huang²  Wangcheng Gong³  Dapeng Bao³  Zhihui Zhou⁴  Bo Leng⁴  Zhenxiang Guo⁵ 

[1] AI Sports Engineering Lab, School of Sports Engineering, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China;Beijing Research Institute of Sports Science, Beijing, China;China Institute of Sport and Health Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China;Sports Coaching College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China;Sports Coaching College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China;Department of Physical Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China;

关键词: balance training;    plyometrics;    change of direction;    badminton athletes;    badminton;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684964

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The study aimed to investigate the effect of combined balance and plyometric training on the change of direction (COD) performance of badminton athletes. Sixteen elite male badminton players volunteered to participate and were randomly assigned to a balance-plyometric group (BP: n = 8) and plyometric group (PL: n = 8). The BP group performed balance combined with plyometric training three times a week over 6 weeks; while the PL group undertook only plyometric training three times a week during the same period. Meanwhile, both groups were given the same technical training. All participants were tested to assess the COD ability before and after the training period: Southeast Missouri (SEMO) test and 5-0-5 test, dynamic balance ability (Y-Balance test, YBT), and reactive strength index (RSI). Repeated-measure ANOVA revealed that after the intervention there was a significant time × group interaction for 5-0-5 COD test, YBT of both legs and RSI (p < 0.05, partial η2 = 0.26–0.58) due to the better performance observed at post-test compared with a pre-test for the BP group [effect size (ES) = 1.20–1.76], and the improvement was higher than that of the PL group. The change in SEMO test did not differ between BP and PL (p < 0.159, partial η2= 0.137), but the magnitude of the with-group improvement for BP (ES = 1.55) was higher than that of PL (ES = 0.81). These findings suggest that combined training could further improve the COD performance of badminton athletes than plyometric training alone and might provide fitness trainers a more efficient COD training alternative.

【 授权许可】

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