THE EFFECTS OF LIFE KINETIC EXERCISES ON TECHNICAL SKILLS AND MOTOR SKILLS PERFORMANCE IN YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The place of Life Kinetic exercises in technical skill and motor skill performance of football players is gaining great importance in science. For this reason, the present study aims to examine the effects of this training method, which is used all over the world, on the technical skills and motor skill performance of football players of this. The study was conducted on a total of 40 football players, 20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group, who were actively training at Çarşambaspor club at least three days a week. While the control group continued their routine training, the experimental group was asked to train for 30 minutes with Life Kinetic exercises for 8 weeks, 3 days a week, in addition to their routine training. Mor and Christian Football Aptitude Test, Yeagley Football Test and Motor Skill tests were applied to the football players. In terms of total, a statistically significant difference was found between the first and the second measurement values of T agility, vertical jump, flexibility, 20-meter sprint, long jump, dribbling, pass accuracy, shooting, and kick-ups (p<0.005). In terms of total, a statistically significant difference was found between the first and last measurement values of dribbling, pass accuracy, shooting test, kick-ups, 20-meter sprint, vertical jump, and standing long jump test (p<0.005). A statistically significant difference was found between the first and last measurement values of the experimental group in dribbling, pass accuracy, shooting, kick-ups, 20-meter sprint, and standing long jump tests (p<0.005). As a result of the study, it was concluded that Life Kinetic exercises provide a positive development in technical skills and some motor skill performances of the footballers and that they have a significant effect, especially on dribbling, pass accuracy and shooting performance of the football players. In addition, even though statistically significant differences were not found in some measurements, it was found that the measurements of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group. For this reason, infrastructure athletes can train every day with Life Kinetic exercises for the development of basic skills such as more contact with the ball, dribbling, shooting and passing, while coaches can include Life Kinetic exercises in their training plans. Article visualizations: