Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance
PurposeTo examine the effects of different warm-up methods on 50 m breaststroke performance in both breaststroke specialists and individual medley swimmers.Methods18 swimmers (breaststroke group: 9, individual medley group: 9) who met the qualification standards for the National Intercollegiate Athl...
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| description | PurposeTo examine the effects of different warm-up methods on 50 m breaststroke performance in both breaststroke specialists and individual medley swimmers.Methods18 swimmers (breaststroke group: 9, individual medley group: 9) who met the qualification standards for the National Intercollegiate Athletic Games participated in this study. Each participant completed four different warm-up protocols (a conventional 1,400 m warm-up and a 700 m conventional warm-up that integrated tubing-assisted (TA), paddle (PD), or squat (SQ) warm-ups) over four separate days. Following each warm-up protocol, a 50 m breaststroke performance test was conducted with inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors attached to specific body segments to evaluate and compare stroke performance, stroke length, stroke frequency, and the acceleration of the hands, sacrum, and feet across different warm-up methods.ResultsThe breaststroke specialists who performed the TA warm-ups recorded significantly less time than those who performed the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups (35.31 ± 1.66 s vs. 35.67 ± 1.83 s, p = 0.006). There was a trend that individual medley specialists who performed the SQ warm-ups recorded less time than those who performed the PD warm-ups (34.52 ± 1.45 s vs. 34.92 ± 1.46 s, p = 0.043). The stroke length of breaststroke specialists following the TA warm-ups was shorter than that following the PD warm-ups, the SQ warm-ups, and the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups. Breaststroke specialists who engaged in the TA warm-ups had higher stroke frequency than those who engaged in the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups, the SQ warm-ups, and the PD warm-ups. During the TA warm-ups, breaststroke specialists exhibited a shorter stroke length and a higher stroke frequency than individual medley specialists. Acceleration data from the center of mass and limb segments, recorded by IMUs, were insufficient to fully explain the variations in stroke frequency, stroke length, and overall performance caused by the different warm-up protocols.ConclusionBreaststroke specialists exhibited significant improvement in their 50 m breaststroke performance after the TA warm-up. By contrast, individual medley specialists benefited more from the SQ warm-up. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-332869a72b75454fbe23f7e6365b96192025-01-07T05:23:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-41852025-01-011210.3389/fbioe.2024.15056481505648Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performanceHsuan-Yen Lee0Te Chao1Chi-Chieh Hsu2Ning-Wei Chang3Yi-Liang Chen4Yung-Shen Tsai5Graduate Institute of Sports Training, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Sports Science, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Aquatic Sports, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Sports Science, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Sports Training, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Sports Equipment Technology, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanPurposeTo examine the effects of different warm-up methods on 50 m breaststroke performance in both breaststroke specialists and individual medley swimmers.Methods18 swimmers (breaststroke group: 9, individual medley group: 9) who met the qualification standards for the National Intercollegiate Athletic Games participated in this study. Each participant completed four different warm-up protocols (a conventional 1,400 m warm-up and a 700 m conventional warm-up that integrated tubing-assisted (TA), paddle (PD), or squat (SQ) warm-ups) over four separate days. Following each warm-up protocol, a 50 m breaststroke performance test was conducted with inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors attached to specific body segments to evaluate and compare stroke performance, stroke length, stroke frequency, and the acceleration of the hands, sacrum, and feet across different warm-up methods.ResultsThe breaststroke specialists who performed the TA warm-ups recorded significantly less time than those who performed the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups (35.31 ± 1.66 s vs. 35.67 ± 1.83 s, p = 0.006). There was a trend that individual medley specialists who performed the SQ warm-ups recorded less time than those who performed the PD warm-ups (34.52 ± 1.45 s vs. 34.92 ± 1.46 s, p = 0.043). The stroke length of breaststroke specialists following the TA warm-ups was shorter than that following the PD warm-ups, the SQ warm-ups, and the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups. Breaststroke specialists who engaged in the TA warm-ups had higher stroke frequency than those who engaged in the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups, the SQ warm-ups, and the PD warm-ups. During the TA warm-ups, breaststroke specialists exhibited a shorter stroke length and a higher stroke frequency than individual medley specialists. Acceleration data from the center of mass and limb segments, recorded by IMUs, were insufficient to fully explain the variations in stroke frequency, stroke length, and overall performance caused by the different warm-up protocols.ConclusionBreaststroke specialists exhibited significant improvement in their 50 m breaststroke performance after the TA warm-up. By contrast, individual medley specialists benefited more from the SQ warm-up.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2024.1505648/fulldynamic warm-upsbreaststroke specialistsindividual medley swimmersmotion analysisIMU |
| spellingShingle | Hsuan-Yen Lee Te Chao Chi-Chieh Hsu Ning-Wei Chang Yi-Liang Chen Yung-Shen Tsai Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology dynamic warm-ups breaststroke specialists individual medley swimmers motion analysis IMU |
| title | Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance |
| title_full | Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance |
| title_fullStr | Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance |
| title_short | Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance |
| title_sort | effects of different warm up methods on 50 meter breaststroke swimming performance |
| topic | dynamic warm-ups breaststroke specialists individual medley swimmers motion analysis IMU |
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