The acute effect of balance exercises done with a warm-up program on firing accuracy and functional performance parameters in professional adolescent archers

The aim of this study is to compare the shooting performance, endurance, balance and coordination variables between the two groups of athletes of the general warm-up program in archery and the balance exercise programs added to the general warm-up. 32 volunteer licensed archers were included in the study. In the study, which was planned as a randomized, crossover clinical trial, the athletes were randomly divided into two groups of 16 people. In the first stage, while the archers in the control group applied the general warm-up program in their training, the experimental group applied the other warm-up program that included balance exercises in addition to this general warm-up. After a 2-3 day washout period, these warm-up programs were applied to the opposite group in a cross design. During the washout period, the athletes were asked not to train and shoot arrows. Shooting performance of the archers after the warm-up programs; According to Turkish Archery Federation Competition Rules, endurance; With the 30 Second Push-Up Test, static balance; With the Flamingo Balance Test, coordination is; It was evaluated with the Hexagon Test and the results were recorded. With these evaluations, the acute effect of balance exercises in different warm-up styles on the performance of archers was examined. As a result of the research, first of all, the effect of the washout time and the period was examined. In order to see whether the wash-out period was sufficient to recover from the effects of the given warm-up program, it was examined whether there was a difference between the first and second evaluation results of both groups, and no statistical difference was observed (p>0.05). The period effect was also evaluated with the appropriate test statistic and no statistical difference was observed (p>0.05). According to the results, it was seen that the wash-out period was sufficient and the effect of the warm-up program applied to the groups was not transferred to the next warm-up program. When the general warm-up program and the balance training applied in addition to the general warm-up have an effect on the performance parameters of the athletes; In the analyzes performed before and after the 3-day washout period, it was concluded that there was no statistical difference in shooting performance, flamingo balance test, push-up test and hexagonal coordination test values between the experimental and control groups, and the null hypothesis was accepted (p>0.05). It was concluded that the balance training given in addition to the general warm-up program did not have an increasing effect on the performance parameters of the archers, and the test results of the two groups were similar.