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Avery D. Faigenbaum Patrick Mediate Liberty Woodruff 14 December 2007

Effects of Medicine Ball Training on Fitness Performance of High School Physical Education Students. Avery D. Faigenbaum Patrick Mediate Liberty Woodruff 14 December 2007. Background.

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Avery D. Faigenbaum Patrick Mediate Liberty Woodruff 14 December 2007

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  1. Effects of Medicine Ball Training on Fitness Performance of High School Physical Education Students Avery D. FaigenbaumPatrick Mediate Liberty Woodruff 14 December 2007

  2. Background • High school students need to participate regularly in physical activities that enhance and maintain their cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health • Physical Education classes • Resistance Training

  3. Purpose of this study: • To examine the effects of medicine ball training on the fitness performance of high-school physical education students

  4. Subjects and Setting: • Setting: New England City high school • 118 students: -69 subjects (42 male, 27 female) participated -49 subjects (35 male, 14 female) acted as controls • Age 15-16

  5. Methods: Tested Fitness Levels • Flexibility: sit and reach • Lower body power: standing long jump • Abdominal strength: medicine ball abdominal curl • Upper body strength: medicine ball push up • Upper body power: medicine ball toss • Speed & agility: medicine ball shuttle run

  6. Methods cont. Medicine Ball Training Program • Exercise group trained twice per week on nonconsecutive days for 6 weeks • Took place first 10-15 mins of regular P.E. class • P.E. specialist demonstrated proper medicine ball training every class

  7. Training Sessions: Warm Up: Conditioning: • 3-5 min • 6 lb. med ball • Performed series of 6-10 low to moderate intensity exercises • 7-10 min • exercises progressed from simple to complex as skills and confidence improved • 7 conditioning exercises: • Lower body • Upper body • Stability • Reaction • Core • Specialty movements (lateral taps) • Flexibility

  8. Results: • Medicine ball training program participants made significantly greater gains in each of the fitness tests compared to the control group • (p< .05)

  9. Discussion • This study shows that regular participation in a progressive medicine ball training program produced greater magnitudes of improvement in muscular fitness and specific motor performances than traditional P.E. classes • Suggests that P.E. classes should incorporate medicine ball training into the curriculum • Safe and valid means to promote physical fitness

  10. Who Cares? • Physical Education teachers and specialists • PT’s, AT’s and Fitness Trainers can implement medicine ball training programs to improve fitness • People looking for a new safe and easy way to improve their health

  11. Source • Faigenbaum, A. & Mediate, P. Effects of Medicine Ball Training on Fitness Performance of High-School Physical Education Students. Physical Educator. 63. 3. 160-167. • http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/delivery?vid=3&hid=105&sid=adb55895-82ac-4193-8a25-f8d4b52dae08%40sessionmgr106

  12. Thank You!!

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