The effect of a 6-week plyometric training
on explosive power in volleyball players

Zbigniew Jastrzebski; Krzysztof Wnorowski; Ryszard Mikolajewski; Ewelina Jaskulska; Lukasz Radziminski

doi:10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

2014, Volume 6, Issue 2

The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players

Zbigniew Jastrzebski¹, Krzysztof Wnorowski¹, Ryszard Mikolajewski², Ewelina Jaskulska¹, Lukasz Radziminski¹

¹Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk
²Gdansk University of Technology

Author for correspondence: Zbigniew Jastrzebski; Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk; email: zb.jastrzebski[at]op.pl

DOI: 10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

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Abstract

Background: The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of a six-week plyometric high and low-intensity training on the explosive power of lower limbs in volleyball players.
Material/Methods: The research was conducted on a sample of 30 volunteers of the Sports Club at Gdansk University of Technology in Gdansk. Before the experiment, the players were divided into two homogeneous groups. After two weeks of an introductory common stage, each group followed a plyometric regime of different intensity. The results showed that the high-intensity program was more efficient than the low-intensity program in developing the explosive power in the volleyball players.
Results: The largest significant improvement was observed for the vertical jump with arm swing (11% in HIJG and 3.8% in LISG). The strongest correlations were registered for the maximal power and the total mechanical work obtained in the Wingate test (r=0.83), and the power of jumps during attacks and blocks (r=0.78).
Conclusions: The experiment confirmed high effectiveness of the training loads applied in the experiment, in particular in the high-intensity program.

Key words: plyometric training, high and low-intensity, explosive power, volleyball

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AMA:

Jastrzebski Z, Wnorowski K, Mikolajewski R et al. The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players. Balt J Health Phys Activ. 2014;6(2). doi:10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

APA:

Jastrzebski, Z., Wnorowski, K., Mikolajewski, R., Jaskulska, E., & Radziminski, L. (2014). The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players. Balt J Health Phys Activ, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

Chicago:

Jastrzebski, Zbigniew, Wnorowski Krzysztof, Mikolajewski Ryszard, Jaskulska Ewelina, Radziminski Lukasz. 2014. "The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players". Balt J Health Phys Activ 6 (2). doi:10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

Harvard:

Jastrzebski, Z., Wnorowski, K., Mikolajewski, R., Jaskulska, E., and Radziminski, L. (2014). The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players. Balt J Health Phys Activ, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

MLA:

Jastrzebski, Zbigniew et al. "The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players." Balt J Health Phys Activ, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014. doi:10.2478/bjha-2014-0008

Vancouver:

Jastrzebski Z, Wnorowski K, Mikolajewski R et al. The effect of a 6-week plyometric training on explosive power in volleyball players. Balt J Health Phys Activ 2014; 6(2). Available from: doi:10.2478/bjha-2014-0008