TITLE:
Effect of an Integrated Resistance Program Based Weightlifting Exercises on Improving Physical Performance of Young Table Elite’s Tennis Players
AUTHORS:
Kaabi Sofiene, Souhail Hermassi, Kaabi Safa, Phillipe Passelergue
KEYWORDS:
Physical Load, Weightlifting, Progressive Overload, Table Tennis, Performance
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.6 No.4,
November
7,
2016
ABSTRACT: The purpose of our study was to find out the results of a training program based on the Olympic exercises (weightlifting), on the performance of strength and power in high-level table tennis players. Thirty elite table tennis players (age 18.05 ± 1.04 years) were randomly divided into a control group (CG; n = 15) and an experimental group (WRTG; n = 15). The last group followed a weightlifting training program for 6 weeks with 3 sessions per week during the competitive period. As for the control group, he pursued classical table tennis training. Before and after the 6-week training program, all players have conducted tests on sprint distance of 5 m, the vertical jump (squat jump and countermovement jump), strength hand grip, throwing medicine Ball, the 1-RM bench press and 1-RM 1/2 squat test. A slight raise in the 1-RM maximum strength of upper and lower limbs (respectively p p p