Dynamic exercise versus tag game warm up: The acute effect on agility and vertical jump in children

Abstract

Coledam DHC, Paludo AC, Oliveira AR, Dos-Santos JW. Dynamic exercise versus tag game warm up: the acute effect on agility and vertical jump in children. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 243-253, 2012. Although dynamic and stretching exercises have been widely investigated, there is little information about warm up performed by tag games. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to verify the acute effect of dynamic exercises compared to a tag game warm up on agility and vertical jump in children. 25 boys and 24 girls participated in this study and performed the agility and vertical jump tests after warm up based on dynamic exercises or as a tag game lasting 10 min each in two different days randomly. Dynamic exercises warm up consisted in a run lasting 2.5 min followed by 2 series of 8 dynamic exercises lasting 10 seconds each interspersed with 20s of light run to recovery. Tag game warm up was performed by a tag game with two variations lasting 5 min each. The first variation there was a single cather, which aimed to get the other participants by touching hands. In the second part of the game, the rules were the same except that the participant that was caught had to help the catcher forming a team of catchers. Warm up intensity was monitored by OMNI perceived exertion scale. ANOVA 2x2 for repeated measures (Warm up x Sex) demonstrated no significant differences between dynamic exercises and tag game for agility and vertical jump (P>0.05) for boys and girls. Perceived exertion was significantly higher in tag game compared to dynamic exercises on girls (P<0.05). Both warm up models showed similar acute effects on agility and vertical jump in children.

The impact of aerobic exercise on morphological characteristics and agility in children

“…The obtained data were shown as: the mean value (MEAN), the minimum value (MIN), the maximum value (MAX), the standard deviation (SD), the range (RANGE), and the standard error of the mean value (ERROR). The measurement discrimination was assessed based on skewness and kurtosis of the data distribution curve [5]. The inter-correlation matrix of anthropometric measures, motor skills and short track speed testing were also applied.…”

“…Literature data show that the identification of the skills and characteristics in children and adolescents based mainly on the genetic factor, with the addition of the external factors, does not contribute to the detection of the scientifically based interrelationships, or the so-called neurophysiological relationships, and the influence of the external factors [3][4][5][6]. Therefore, in recent years there has been an increased interest in the examining the interactions between the dimensions of anthropological characteristics and their association with the success achieved in sport activities that are offered by the physical education programs, by using the multivariate processing methods of students' results.…”

“…An increasing number of studies indicate the validity of the previously formulated integral development theory, particularly in relation to determining the correlation between motor skills and other subsystems of the psychosomatic status [5,[7][8][9][10]. Some researchers have repeatedly found a positive correlation between anthropometric measures of morphological characteristics, motor and functional skills, on the one hand, and the results of athletic disciplines that are implemented in the regular physical education class program, on the other [4,6,[11][12][13]. Nevertheless, little research has been done involving the elementary school students using the modern methods and methodology in order for the obtained results to be accepted as applicative value in physical education and the implementation of program tasks dominated by agility and explosive strength [6].…”

“…Some researchers have repeatedly found a positive correlation between anthropometric measures of morphological characteristics, motor and functional skills, on the one hand, and the results of athletic disciplines that are implemented in the regular physical education class program, on the other [4,6,[11][12][13]. Nevertheless, little research has been done involving the elementary school students using the modern methods and methodology in order for the obtained results to be accepted as applicative value in physical education and the implementation of program tasks dominated by agility and explosive strength [6]. For these reasons, the present study examined the influence of morphological characteristics and motor skills on the results achieved in agility and explosive strength in the elementary school students, which would result in better results in physical education.…”

Variability of the Motor Behavior during Continued Practice of the Same Motor Game: A Preliminary Study

“…Among other games, tag games are usually employed during physical education lessons or training sessions [17,18]. Compared with sports and other traditional games, these games offer different networks of motor interaction [19] in which the protagonism of each player is more than just being a member of a team [16]; for instance, one against all (e.g., classic tag game), convergent games (e.g., chain tag game), or games with permutation network (e.g., the "What's the time, Mr.…”