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| Personal Name | San Juan, Nigel Adam Milan S. |
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| Resource Title | Unilateral versus bilateral squat variation: effect on speed and vertical jump height of recreational male and female volleyball athletes |
| Date Issued | 8 July 2024 |
| Abstract | Volleyball is an intermittent team sport that demands speed and power among its athletes. A well-planned resistance training program can help improve these physiological needs of the sport. Some resistance training classifications include either bilateral or unilateral exercise. Current literature found that squat training has a positive effect on vertical jump height as well as sprint times of athletes. With that, this study would like to explore the use of a unilateral squat variation and its effects on the speed and vertical jump of volleyball athletes. Twenty participants were selected and randomly assigned into a training group, either bilateral or unilateral squat training. The bilateral group used the barbell back squat while the unilateral group used barbell split squats. Participants had a pre and post-test that measured their 20-meter sprint and Sargent jump test. A 0.05 alpha level of significance was used. No statistically significant differences between pre- and post-test scores were found in the 20-meter sprint test for both unilateral and bilateral training groups with a computed p-value of p = 0.8346 and p = 0.3596 respectively. Only the bilateral squat training had a statistically significant difference for the Sargent jump test with a p-value of p = 0.0096, while the unilateral group had a computed p-value of p = 0.3939. Results of this study may show that bilateral squat training can improve bilateral jumping performance. While no significant differences were found in the 20-meter sprint performance, previous literature suggests that both bilateral and unilateral training exercises can improve muscular strength which have a positive effect on sprint performance. |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Sports Science |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Squat; Split squat; Vertical jump; 20-meter sprint; Unilateral training; Bilateral training; Volleyball |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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