Core Stabilization Programme on Kicking Velocity and Performance in Male Adolescent Football Players
Condition: Soccer; Core Stability; Sports Performance
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is
      most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body
      segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with
      the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. Speed and power are critical
      performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning,
      sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and
      control of the ball against defensive pressure. In the literature, no study has demonstrated
      the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.The aim
      of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of core stabilization exercise program on
      adolescent male football players.
    

Detailed description: 
      Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is
      most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body
      segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with
      the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. The importance of core stability for
      injury prevention and performance enhancement has been popularized during the past decades.
      Up to date, core muscle strengthening plays an important role in different prevention
      programs, such as the "FIFA 11 +". Football is considered a high-intensity intermittent sport
      requiring high levels of physical fitness related to the ability to perform powerful actions,
      with a varied range of activities that involve both breaking and propulsive forces as well as
      distinct contraction modes and velocities. Speed and power are critical performance factors
      in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing
      pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball
      against defensive pressure. Kicking is one of the most fundamental and frequently used skills
      in soccer and its motion consists of several stages as follows: (1) the withdrawal of the
      thigh and shank (backswing); (2) the forward rotation of the thigh and shank, which occurs as
      a result of hip flexion; (3) the reduction of thigh angular velocity, with a corresponding
      increase in shank angular velocity up to impact with the ball; and (4) the follow-through.
      Football is seen as highly intensive sport with an increased injury rate. In adolescent
      football players, muscle-tendon unit adaptation is effecting by athletic performance. The
      mechanic loading on this unit results increase risk of lower extremity injuries. In the
      literature, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in
      adolescent football players.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of core
      stabilization exercise program on adolescent male football players.
    

Intervention name(s): Core Stability Exercise Program; Routine Football Training Program
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. Speed and power are critical performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball against defensive pressure. İn the literature, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.; Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. Speed and power are critical performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball against defensive pressure. İn the literatüre, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: Exercise; Core Stability; Kicking velocity; Run Speed; Agility