The Effect of field turfs on physical properties of female football players

Abstract

Introduction. João Brito and his colleagues (2012) have obtained that age and bad physical preparation have an impact on footballers getting injured. Meyers (2013) has conducted a research and compared the possibility of injuries received by footballers during the games on artificial turf and on natural turf. Due to physical properties being one of the main reasons why footballers are getting injured, it was decided to run some tests to see how they differ throughout the games on artificial turf and on natural turf. Research aim. Evaluate the change of physical properties during the training on artificial turf and on natural turf. Research methods and organization. The experiment was carried out with 30 ,,Gintra – Universitetas“ female football players. All participants were introduced with aims, methods, procedures and inconveniences. The tests were run for 3 times: At the beginning of inside training season and at the end of inside training season, and at the beginning of outside training season and at the end of outside training season. Methods used: for establishing muscle power – standing vertical jump with and without arm swing. For speed test – 10 meters sprint. For balance test – Balance error scoring system (BESS) test. For core stability - side plank test was used. For leg strengh – 60 seconds squatting test was used. Results were analysed using SPSS 22.0 program. To compare the obtained results for indoor and outdoor seasons Mann - Whitney-Wilcoxon (Mann–Whitney U test) rank sum test was used. It was considered that the difference between the averages differ when p < 0.05. Results. The results showed that 10meters sprint during indoor season has changed on average by 0.18 ± 0,56 sec., and during outdoor season - 0,60 ± 2,01 sec., meaning the average difference between changes was insignificant (p=0,073>0,05). Leg strengh testing when using a 60s squatting test has increased during e[...].