The purpose of this study was to examine how the levels of warm-up (yes v.s. no) and stretch (Static stretch group v.s. dynamic stretch group) influenced the sprint performance. A sample of 48 college students was obtained and was then randomly assigned to four groups. A test of 20m-sprint performance was applied to the sample. The collected data was subsequently analyzed with two-way ANOVA. The results showed that the interaction effect was statistically significant (F=5.004, p<.05). A simple main effect analysis revealed that (1) when the sprinters did the warm-up, the sprint performance of the dynamic stretch group was statistically significant better than that of the static stretch group; (2) in terms of the static stretch group, the sprint performance of the non-warm-up group was statistically significant better than that of the warm-up group (F=6.701, p=.017<.05). Findings suggested that doing warm-up together with the dynamic stretch before main exercise would possibly improve the sprint performance. Further research will be needed to examine the interaction between the warm-up and the stretch among the college students.
The purpose of this study was to examine how the levels of warm-up (yes v.s. no) and stretch (Static stretch group v.s. dynamic stretch group) influenced the sprint performance. A sample of 48 college students was obtained and was then randomly assigned to four groups. A test of 20m-sprint performance was applied to the sample. The collected data was subsequently analyzed with two-way ANOVA. The results showed that the interaction effect was statistically significant (F=5.004, p<.05). A simple main effect analysis revealed that (1) when the sprinters did the warm-up, the sprint performance of the dynamic stretch group was statistically significant better than that of the static stretch group; (2) in terms of the static stretch group, the sprint performance of the non-warm-up group was statistically significant better than that of the warm-up group (F=6.701, p=.017<.05). Findings suggested that doing warm-up together with the dynamic stretch before main exercise would possibly improve the sprint performance. Further research will be needed to examine the interaction between the warm-up and the stretch among the college students.