Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology | |
Effects of Hoverboard on Balance in Young Soccer Athletes | |
Gabriele Candela1  Angelica Perna1  Stefano Moffa1  Germano Guerra1  Paolo De Blasiis2  Carmine Sellitto2  Alessandro Cattolico2  Domenico Tafuri3  Angela Lucariello3  | |
[1] Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “Vincenzo Tiberio”, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy;Department of Sport Sciences and Wellness, University of Naples “Parthenope”, 80133 Naples, Italy; | |
关键词: hoverboard; children; balance; proprioception; | |
DOI : 10.3390/jfmk5030060 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
Hoverboards are always more popular among children. Hoverboards are to them like a game or a mean of transport, but they could be used as a valid and useful instrument in children’s training programs to improve their performance. In this study, we compared the athletic performance of two groups of 12 children. A total of 24 children aged between 8 and 11 years followed a similar training program for five months, but the first group used a hoverboard (Hb+ group: Age: Standard Deviation (SD) = 1.15 Mean = 9.66; Weight: SD = 5.90 Mean = 32; Height: SD = 7.64 Mean = 135.08) for some of the training time, differently from the second group (Hb- group: Age: SD = 1.15 Mean = 9.66; Weight: SD = 5.82 Mean = 31.16; Height: SD = 7.66 Mean = 136.16), which never used it. All of the children were asked to complete three tests (one leg test, stork test and balance beam walking test) before starting their own training program and after five months, to evaluate how their performances changed in terms of time. Comparing the recorded time difference between T0 and T1 of the Hb+ group with the same difference measured in Hb- group, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference (p value < 0.05) between these data for all three tests. Children who used the hoverboard in their training program achieved better result than children who did not use it. In the future, the hoverboard could help athletes to improve their performances, possibly applying it not only in football training, but even in other sports.
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