Effects of a 10-week detraining period on gross motor skills in young tricking practitioners

Abstract

Tricking has emerged as a martial arts sport that combines acrobatics, gymnastics, kicks and jumps to create multiple visually striking movements. The effects of a period of detraining in young tricking practitioners still unclear. The main objective of this study was to verify the effect of a 10week detraining period on different motor skills in young tricking practitioners. A group of 17 children (age: 10.18 ± 0.98 years) tricking practitioners were analyzed in a predetraining period and a post-detraining period using agility test, vertical impulse test, horizontal impulse test and pushup test, sit-up test. The agility and sit-ups variables show significant differences of large effect (∆ = 6.82, p = .001, d = 2.80; ∆ = -13.76, p = .003, d = 1.27) respectively. Vertical impulse and push-ups showed significant differences between training phases a moderate effect (∆ = -5.13, p = Effects of a 10-week detraining period on gross motor skills in young tricking practitioners Efectos de un período de desentrenamiento de 10 semanas sobre las habilidades motoras gruesas en jóvenes practicantes de tricking Luís