EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OPEN BY THE UTILIZATION OF POLAR S625X RUNNING COMPUTER TO TEST THE WATER POLO PLAYERS
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OPEN BY THE UTILIZATION OF POLAR S625X RUNNING COMPUTER TO TEST THE WATER POLO PLAYERS

Summary/Abstract: In the water polo game, acyclic movements are predominant and the effort metabolic characteristic is represented by the strength endurance with anaerobic penetrations. The effort specificity is given by the muscular and metabolic characteristics, but also by the tempo and pace characteristics. Our present study emphasizes the non-specific effort metabolic cost in junior III water polo players, by using some tests administered to 22 athletes competing in the National Championship. Hypothesis of the research: by knowing the higher aerobic capacity through the oxygen maximum consumption assessed on dry land, we can predict the expression capacity in the effort specific to water polo players. To validate our hypothesis, we used some methods, among which the test method, the graphical method and the statistical-mathematical method. The administered tests were the following: 1. The 5-minute Endurance Running, where the subject runs, at a constant speed, over a distance as long as possible within 5 minutes. 2. The MVA - EVAL Endurance Test, also called the 20-m Shuttle Test, where the subject runs at a progressively increased speed; while the test is performed, a special cassette indicates by beep sounds the running speed which is more and more increased, until the 20 levels are reached. The test is stopped when the subject fails to keep the imposed running pace, the difference between the sonorous signal and the distance to the marking cone being greater or equal to 2 meters, then we notice the reached level that indicates the speed value, which allows us to assess the VO2 max (ml/min/kg). In both of the tests, the heart rate monitoring was performed by means of the Polar S625X Running Computer and all the data were transferred to a personal computer, where they were processed and analyzed. Following the data analysis, the hypothesis was validated and we think that our research meets the interest of the Romanian Water Polo Federation.

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