Resistance Training Acutely Impairs Agility and Spike-Specific Performance Measures in Collegiate Female Volleyball Players Returning from the Off-Season

Doma, Kenji; Connor, Jonathan; Gahreman, Daniel; Boullosa, Daniel; Ahtiainen, Juha P.; Nagata, Akinori

doi:10.3390/ijerph17186448

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Resistance Training Acutely Impairs Agility and Spike-Specific Performance Measures in Collegiate Female Volleyball Players Returning from the Off-Season

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College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia

College of Health and Human Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0909, Australia

INISA, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande 79070-900, Brazil

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Neuromuscular Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland

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Faculty of Social Welfare, Rissho University, Kumagaya 360-0194, Japan

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(18), 6448; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186448

Received: 1 August 2020 / Revised: 30 August 2020 / Accepted: 31 August 2020 / Published: 4 September 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Performance and Recovery during Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage)

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This study examined the acute effects of resistance training (RT) on volleyball-specific performance. Sixteen female volleyball players undertook their initial, pre-season RT bout. Countermovement jump (CMJ), delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS), and sport-specific performances (i.e., run-up jump, agility, and spiking speed and accuracy) were measured before, 24 (T24), and 48 (T48) hours after RT. A significant increase in DOMS was observed at T24 and T48 (~207.6% ± 119.3%; p < 0.05; ES = 1.8 (95% CI: 0.94–2.57)), whilst agility was significantly impaired at T48 (1.7% ± 2.5%; p < 0.05; ES = 0.30 (95% CI: −0.99–0.40)). However, there were no differences in CMJ (~−2.21% ± 7.6%; p > 0.05; ES = −0.11 (95% CI: −0.80–0.58)) and run-up jump (~−1.4% ± 4.7%; p > 0.05; ES = −0.07 (95% CI: −0.76–0.63)). Spiking speed was significantly reduced (−3.5% ± 4.4%; p < 0.05; ES = −0.28 (95% CI: −0.43–0.97)), although accuracy was improved (38.3% ± 81.4%: p < 0.05) at T48. Thus, the initial, preseason RT bout compromised agility and spiking speed for several days post-exercise. Conversely, spiking accuracy improved, suggesting a speed–accuracy trade-off. Nonetheless, at least a 48-h recovery may be necessary after the initial RT bout for athletes returning from the off-season or injury. View Full-Text

Keywords: strength training; muscle damage; muscle soreness; jump; change-of-direction

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Doma, K.; Connor, J.; Gahreman, D.; Boullosa, D.; Ahtiainen, J.P.; Nagata, A. Resistance Training Acutely Impairs Agility and Spike-Specific Performance Measures in Collegiate Female Volleyball Players Returning from the Off-Season. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6448. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186448

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Doma K, Connor J, Gahreman D, Boullosa D, Ahtiainen JP, Nagata A. Resistance Training Acutely Impairs Agility and Spike-Specific Performance Measures in Collegiate Female Volleyball Players Returning from the Off-Season. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(18):6448. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186448

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Doma, Kenji, Jonathan Connor, Daniel Gahreman, Daniel Boullosa, Juha P. Ahtiainen, and Akinori Nagata. 2020. "Resistance Training Acutely Impairs Agility and Spike-Specific Performance Measures in Collegiate Female Volleyball Players Returning from the Off-Season" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18: 6448. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186448

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