Investigation of the Effect of Core Exercises Applied to Football Players on Respiratory Parameters

¹ PHD, Niğde Omer Halisdemir University Faculty of Sports Sciences, 51100 Niğde, Turkey
² Undergraduate student, Niğde Omer Halisdemir University Faculty of Sports Sciences, 51100 Niğde, Turkey

^* Corresponding author: yakazehra4@gmail.com

Abstract

In addition to strength development, the increase in respiratory capacity has an important place in increasing the performance of athletes. For these reasons, the study aimed to examine the effect of core exercises applied to football players on respiratory parameters. The research group consisted of 12 randomly selected control groups and 12 core training groups, a total of 24 football players between the ages of 14-17 playing football at Niğde Youth and Sports Club. While the control group continued their routine football training, the core group performed static and dynamic core exercises for 45 min, 3 days a week for 8 weeks, in addition to general training. SPSS 26 program was used to analyze the data. The normality distributions of the data were determined with the Shapiro-Willk test. Percentage frequency distributions of the data were made, the Independent T test was used for intergroup comparisons, and the Paired T test was used for intra-group comparisons. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that core exercises had a positive effect on respiratory parameters.