EFFECTS OF FUNCTIONAL TRAINING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SEDENTARY COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction: One focus of current research by frontline physical education teachers has always been the elective teaching of college students who do not play sports. Lack of training time and poor student training make many professional badminton teaching methods impossible for elective courses. Objective: Study the impact of functional training on the badminton performance of college students. Methods: Forty-four sedentary college students were randomly selected and equally divided into the experimental and control group. The functional training strategy was used in the experimental group, while the control group used the traditional badminton training method. The experimental and control groups were trained twice weekly for 60 minutes and 12 weeks. The data obtained were compared, analyzed, and discussed statistically. Results: In terms of the FMS test, the total score of the experimental group was optimized by 5.61, and the total score of the control group was optimized by 3.20. Regarding badminton performance, the experimental group showed an increase of 23.12 points, while the control group increased 16.75 points (P<0.01), indicating a very significant difference in the results. Conclusion: This work evidenced the importance of promoting functional training, which is superior to the current sports teaching methods. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.