THE EFFECT OF THREE-YEAR ATHLETIC TRAINING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ON PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF FEMALE STUDENTS

This study analyzed the effect of 3-year athletic training on some physical and physiological parameters of female students; to orientate skilled students to athletics, and to investigate the development of athletics in girl students.The study included 106 female pupils from Turkish state schools. All participants were aged 9 years; 56 participants were allocated to the experimental group and 50 to the control group. Test and measurements (height, body weight, flexibility, grip strength, 1 min push-up, 1min sit-up, 6 min run, 30 m sprint, anaerobic strength, reaction) were performed on the experimental group three times per year in September-January and May-June periods for three years, 2005 to 2007. The control group was tested once per year, to differentiate the effects of natural growth from those of training. The T-test was used to evaluate the differences between the base line and final measurements of the subjects.Statistically significant differences were observed between the experimental and control groups (p≤0.05, p≤0.01). It was found that the differences between the first and last measurements within experiment group and those of control group were high. These high values can be explained with the effect of exercise.