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The Effects of Elastic Band Exercises with PNF on Shooting Speed and Accuracy in Ball Hockey Players during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Dagmar Pavlů

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, 16252 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Aneta Škripková

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, 16252 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • David Pánek

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, 16252 Prague, Czech Republic)

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has affected life and left one of the strongest negative effects on sport. The aim of our study was to evaluate how a simple exercise performed with elastic resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, when athletes cannot train, affects the basic shooting characteristics of ball hockey players. Extra-league ball hockey players ( N = 30, age 19–37 years) were randomly divided into an experimental group, which performed elastic resistance exercises with Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) elements for eight weeks, and a control group, which did not perform any exercises. Before the start of the experiment and after it was completed, the speed and accuracy of shooting were measured. In experimental group, there was no decrease after 8 weeks in the shooting speed, and in the control group, there was a statistically significant decrease. There was a deterioration in the accuracy of shooting in both groups; however, in the experimental group, the deterioration was not significant. The results show that even three simple exercises with elastic resistance according to the PNF concept performed 10 times per day for eight weeks can maintain the level of basic skills of ball hockey players—the speed and accuracy of shooting—even when no other training is performed.

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  • Dagmar Pavlů & Aneta Škripková & David Pánek, 2021. "The Effects of Elastic Band Exercises with PNF on Shooting Speed and Accuracy in Ball Hockey Players during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-10, October.
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