The purpose of this study was to discuss the effects on specialized physical fitness, shooting accuracy and bone density while elementary school hand ball players underwent plyometric training plus core training and plyometric training. The study subjects consisted of 20 players, whose average age was 11.3 years old, from top four teams of national handball tournament. Matched by the pre-test scores of shooting accuracy, they were divided into the experimental group Ⅰ (plyometric training plus core training) and the experimental group Ⅱ (plyometric training), The specialized physical fitness, shooting accuracy and bone density were measured before and after the training. The dependent t test was employed to compare the differences of the pre and post tests, and the independent sample t test the differences between the two groups. Descriptive statistics (Mean±SD) was applied to present the test results. The level of significance was set at α=.05. The result showed that, the players of Group Ⅰ improved 1.56 m in handball throwing, 1.65 times in one-minute sit-ups and 4.3 times in squat down-stand up, all of which reached significant difference (p<.05). The players of Groups Ⅱ improved 5.9 times in one-minute sit-ups, and 4.8 times in squat down-stand up, which alsoreached significant difference (p<.05). In terms of shooting accuracy, Group Ⅰ improved from 16% to 20%, while Group II improved from 15% to 16%. There were no significant differences in progress. In conclusion, plyometric training and core training were helpful to raise the players, specialized physical fitness with, significant difference (p<.05) and to improve, shooting accuracy rate. Therefore, it is recommended that coaches incorporate plyometric training and core training into the elementary school handball training course.
The purpose of this study was to discuss the effects on specialized physical fitness, shooting accuracy and bone density while elementary school hand ball players underwent plyometric training plus core training and plyometric training. The study subjects consisted of 20 players, whose average age was 11.3 years old, from top four teams of national handball tournament. Matched by the pre-test scores of shooting accuracy, they were divided into the experimental group Ⅰ (plyometric training plus core training) and the experimental group Ⅱ (plyometric training), The specialized physical fitness, shooting accuracy and bone density were measured before and after the training. The dependent t test was employed to compare the differences of the pre and post tests, and the independent sample t test the differences between the two groups. Descriptive statistics (Mean±SD) was applied to present the test results. The level of significance was set at α=.05. The result showed that, the players of Group Ⅰ improved 1.56 m in handball throwing, 1.65 times in one-minute sit-ups and 4.3 times in squat down-stand up, all of which reached significant difference (p<.05). The players of Groups Ⅱ improved 5.9 times in one-minute sit-ups, and 4.8 times in squat down-stand up, which alsoreached significant difference (p<.05). In terms of shooting accuracy, Group Ⅰ improved from 16% to 20%, while Group II improved from 15% to 16%. There were no significant differences in progress. In conclusion, plyometric training and core training were helpful to raise the players, specialized physical fitness with, significant difference (p<.05) and to improve, shooting accuracy rate. Therefore, it is recommended that coaches incorporate plyometric training and core training into the elementary school handball training course.