1Nezavisni istraživač, Nikšić, Crna Gora
THE EFFECTS OF THE SWIMMING TRAINING MODEL AIMED AT THE IMPROVEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES
EFEKTI RAZLIČITIH MODELA PLIVAČKOG TRENINGA USMJERENIH NA POBOLJŠANJE FUNKCIONALNIH SPOSOBNOSTI
Sport Mont 2006, IV(10-11), 173-180
On the sample of 32 fourth grade students of some Belgrade highs schools, who had
the physical education classes carried out at the city’s swimming pools, an attempt was
made to evaluate the effects of the two different programmes of swimming training in different
intensity zones, defined relative to the anaerobic threshold. The subjects were divided
into two sub-samples of 15 and 17 participants respectively. Before the research began
there was no statistically significant difference between them, regarding the observed
functional variables.
The first training model consisted of swimming at the intensity level within the zone
below anaerobic threshold, while the second model involved occasional swimming at a
higher intensity sometimes surpassing the anaerobic threshold. The experimental programme
with both sub-groups lasted 8 weeks with 3 training sessions per week, 2 of which
were identical for both experimental groups, with the third one differing regarding the
swimming intensity, this in the first group being still in the zone below, and in the second
group occasionally in the zone above the anaerobic threshold. The amount of training and
the duration were the same in both programmes. The aim of the research was to evaluate
and to compare the effects of the two training models, using as the basic criteria possible
changes of the 5 observed functional parameters: morning pulse, absolute and relative oxygen
consumption, the heart frequency and the split time in 50 m swimming in the moment
of reaching the anaerobic threshold.
On the basis of the statistical analysis of the obtained data, it is possible to conclude
that in both experimental groups there were statistically significant changes of average values
concerning all the physiological variables. Although the difference in the efficiency of
the applied experimental programmes is not determined, it can be said that both experimental
treatments significantly influenced the improvement of the functional capabilities of the
subjects. swimming, anaerobic threshold, functional capabilities
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