Functional Abilities as a Predictor of Specific Motor Skills of Young Water Polo Players

• Authors: Marko Aleksandrović , Dragan Radovanović , Tomislav Okičić , Dejan Madić , Georgi Georgiev
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of functional abilities on specificmotor skills. A total number of 92 male water polo players (age 12±0.5 years, body height 156.96±22.3 cm, body weight 51.02±33.18 kg) with at least two years' experience, were enrolled in the study. The investigation protocol consisted of standardized anthropometric measurements, estimation of maximum oxygen uptake, determination of the lung function values, specific swim tests and swim tests with a ball. The factor analysis was used for the estimation of the structure of specific motor skills. The influence of functional abilities on specific motor skills was estimated by regression analysis. Out of 15 correlations in total between the variables of space of functional abilities of water polo players, 6 were significant at the level of 95% (between the variables of aerobic power and lung function) and all of the correlations (15) between the variables of specific motor skills in water polo players were significant at the 99% level. Only one principal component, the General factor of specific motor skills in water polo (GFSWP) was obtained by way of factorization of the tests of specific motor skills, so the GFSWP represents the latent space of specific motor skills as a criterion. The regression analysis showed that functional abilities (as group predictors) (p= 0.00) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (as a separate variable) have a significant influence on GFSWP (the criterion). The results of the study pointed out the impact of functional abilities on specific motor skills of selected young water polo players. This may be important for the selection and effective coaching in the early period of training and can affect the development of more appropriate and specific training programmes for optimal physical fitness preparation in young water polo players.

Keywords

EN

water polo; youth athletes; functional abilities; swim test

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 123-132

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2011

online

4 - 10 - 2011

Contributors

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Marko Aleksandrović

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

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Dragan Radovanović

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

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Tomislav Okičić

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

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Dejan Madić

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

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Georgi Georgiev

• Faculty of Physical Education, University of Skopje, Skopje, FYR Macedonia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-011-0046-5