TY - JOUR AU - Al-Syurgawi, Dahlia AU - Shapie, Mohamad Nizam Mohamed PY - 2019/11/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The effects of a 6-week plyometric training on muscular strength performance in silat exponents JF - Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas JA - Rev. artes marciales asiát. VL - 14 IS - 2s SE - Articles DO - 10.18002/rama.v14i2s.5976 UR - https://revpubli.unileon.es/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/5976 SP - 28-30 AB - <div><p>The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 6-week plyometric training on muscular strength in young silat athletes. Thirty-four male silat exponents (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 14 ± 3.22 years) were randomly assigned to a control or experimental group (<em>n</em> = 17 for each group). The experimental group participated in conventional silat workout routine three times a week for one-hour session plus plyometric training two times a week for one-hour session. The control group performed conventional silat workout routine three times per week for one to two-hours session. The one repetition maximum (1RM) squat test was used three times (pre-, mid- and post-test). Results revealed that muscular strength performance improved for the experimental group. This improvement was 9.16% between pre- and mid-test, 18.81% between mid- and post-test, and 29.7 % between pre- and post-test. Plyometric training was shown to be effective to improve maximum strength of young silat athletes.</p></div> ER -