TY - JOUR
T1 - A 16-week rugby training program improves power and change of direction speed in talented girls
AU - Müller, Camila Borges
AU - da Veiga, Rousseau Silva
AU - da Silva, Amanda Franco
AU - Wilhelm, Eurico Nestor
AU - Teixeira Vaz, Luís Miguel
AU - Bergmann, Gabriel Gustavo
AU - dos Santos Pinheiro, Eraldo
PY - 2022/7/3
Y1 - 2022/7/3
N2 - Rugby Sevens has been extensively investigated in elite athletes, but talented teenagers require more attention from sports development researchers. This study aimed to investigate a 16-week intervention of rugby training on physical performance in talented girls. Fifteen girls (14.00 ± 0.53 years, 156.27 ± 4.03 cm, 52.53 ± 5.67 kg) selected as physically talented for rugby to participate in a sport-development program were divided into two groups. The intervention group (IG) carried out two-session per week of rugby training for 16 weeks. The control group (CG) did not perform any type of physical training. A battery of physical tests was carried out before and after the intervention. A two-way ANOVA with group*time was carried out for analysis. Both groups increased their performance in countermovement jump, handgrip isometric strength, linear sprints, and 5-m multiple shuttle test (p < 0.05). However, squat jump, change of direction speed (CODS), and running anaerobic sprint test improved in IG (p < 0.05), while no difference was found in the CG. These results suggest that variables related to power output and CODS may be improved with the rugby training due to the specificity of the modality in talented girls.
AB - Rugby Sevens has been extensively investigated in elite athletes, but talented teenagers require more attention from sports development researchers. This study aimed to investigate a 16-week intervention of rugby training on physical performance in talented girls. Fifteen girls (14.00 ± 0.53 years, 156.27 ± 4.03 cm, 52.53 ± 5.67 kg) selected as physically talented for rugby to participate in a sport-development program were divided into two groups. The intervention group (IG) carried out two-session per week of rugby training for 16 weeks. The control group (CG) did not perform any type of physical training. A battery of physical tests was carried out before and after the intervention. A two-way ANOVA with group*time was carried out for analysis. Both groups increased their performance in countermovement jump, handgrip isometric strength, linear sprints, and 5-m multiple shuttle test (p < 0.05). However, squat jump, change of direction speed (CODS), and running anaerobic sprint test improved in IG (p < 0.05), while no difference was found in the CG. These results suggest that variables related to power output and CODS may be improved with the rugby training due to the specificity of the modality in talented girls.
KW - ability
KW - adolescents
KW - female
KW - Sports performance
KW - team sports
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114595359&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13598139.2021.1971514
DO - 10.1080/13598139.2021.1971514
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114595359
SN - 1359-8139
VL - 33
SP - 195
EP - 210
JO - High Ability Studies
JF - High Ability Studies
IS - 2
ER -