The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute effect of 3 warm-up protocols on power production during countermovement jump (CMJ) testing in order to compare practical protocols that may be applied immediately before competition and/or training. Fourteen elite Australian Rules Football players performed three warm-up protocols over three sessions in a randomized order. The protocols included a series of dynamic movements followed by an intervention of 1)barbell squats, 2)band resisted squats or 3)static stretching. Three repeated CMJ’s were before and five and ten minutes after each warm-up protocol on an unloaded Smith machine. Power output was measured using alinear position transducer. Mean and peak power was not significantly different from baseline at five or ten minutes following any of the warm-up interventions (p>0.05). These results suggest that, although such warm-ups protocols may have some benefits related to improved athletic performance, they do not appear to augment lower limb power output. KEY WORDS: vertical jump, warm-up
The Biomedical Basis of Elite Performance (London) (2012) Proc Physiol Soc 26, PC107
Poster Communications: The effects of warm-up protocols on counter movement jump performance in elite Australian Rules Football
D. Buttifant1,3, J. Zois2, L. Vella1, B. McLean1,3, C. Hrysomallis2
1. Sport Science Department, Collingwood Football Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 2. School of Sport and Exercise Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 3. School of Sport and Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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