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<italic>Study aim</italic>: Determination of changes in thrust force and effect size of training load in swimmers using four swimming strokes monitored 4 times a year.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: Five elite male swimmers were examined in a training macrocycle of 9 months. The swimmers were examined four times: at baseline (September), immediately after the winter Polish Championships (December), at the end of the transition period (March), and immediately after the summer Polish Championships (late May).
<italic>Results</italic>: In all participants, significant differences in strength (p &lt; 0.001) were observed between measurements I and II (p &lt; 0.001) and between measurements I and IV (p &lt; 0.001). Athletes specializing in the 200 m were characterized by a smaller decline in thrust force. Athletes specializing in breaststroke had significantly higher (p &lt; 0.001) thrust values than the other participants.
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: It is suggested that the trainers measure the thrust during the preparatory period in order to verify the applied training loads aimed at developing strength, as well as during the starting period to verify the competitor’s strength level in correlation with the sports result.
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Study aim: Determination of changes in thrust force and effect size of training load in swimmers using four swimming strokes monitored 4 times a year.
Material and methods: Five elite male swimmers were examined in a training macrocycle of 9 months. The swimmers were examined four times: at baseline (September), immediately after the winter Polish Championships (December), at the end of the transition period (March), and immediately after the summer Polish Championships (late May).
Results: In all participants, significant differences in strength (p < 0.001) were observed between measurements I and II (p < 0.001) and between measurements I and IV (p < 0.001). Athletes specializing in the 200 m were characterized by a smaller decline in thrust force. Athletes specializing in breaststroke had significantly higher (p < 0.001) thrust values than the other participants.
Conclusions: It is suggested that the trainers measure the thrust during the preparatory period in order to verify the applied training loads aimed at developing strength, as well as during the starting period to verify the competitor’s strength level in correlation with the sports result.

Changes in thrust force in swimmers in the annual training cycle

Department of Theory of Sport, Water and Winter Sports

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: Determination of changes in thrust force and effect size of training load in swimmers using four swimming strokes monitored 4 times a year.
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Changes in thrust force in swimmers in the annual training cycle

Published Online: Jun 20, 2023

Page range: 159 - 171

Received: Dec 05, 2022

Accepted: May 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0019

Keywords
Thrust force, Annual cycle, Stroke and distance specialization, Swimmers

© 2023 Małgorzata Stachowicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Changes in thrust force in swimmers in the annual training cycle

Published Online: Jun 20, 2023

Page range: 159 - 171

Received: Dec 05, 2022

Accepted: May 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0019

KeywordsThrust force, Annual cycle, Stroke and distance specialization, Swimmers

© 2023 Małgorzata Stachowicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Thrust force, Annual cycle, Stroke and distance specialization, Swimmers