Effects of Static and Dynamic Stretching on Sprint and Jump Performance in Boys and Girls

ABSTRACTParadisis, GP, Pappas, PT, Theodorou, AS, Zacharogiannis, EG, Skordilis, EK, and Smirniotou, AS. Effects of static and dynamic stretching on sprint and jump performance in boys and girls. J Strength Cond Res 28(1)154–160, 2014—The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effects of sta...

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Published in:Journal of strength and conditioning research 2014-01, Vol.28 (1), p.154-160
Main Authors: Paradisis, Giorgos P, Pappas, Panagiotis T, Theodorou, Apostolos S, Zacharogiannis, Elias G, Skordilis, Emmanouil K, Smirniotou, Athanasia S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Child
Exercise Test
Female
Flexibility
Humans
Lower Extremity
Male
Movement
Movement - physiology
Muscle Stretching Exercises - adverse effects
Muscle Stretching Exercises - methods
Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology
Running - physiology
Sports
Teenagers
Warm-Up Exercise - physiology
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Summary:ABSTRACTParadisis, GP, Pappas, PT, Theodorou, AS, Zacharogiannis, EG, Skordilis, EK, and Smirniotou, AS. Effects of static and dynamic stretching on sprint and jump performance in boys and girls. J Strength Cond Res 28(1)154–160, 2014—The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effects of static (SS) and dynamic stretching (DS) on explosive power, flexibility, and sprinting ability of adolescent boys and girls and to report possible gender interactions. Forty-seven active adolescent boys and girls were randomly tested after SS and DS of 40 seconds on quadriceps, hamstrings, hip extensors, and plantar flexors; no stretching was performed at the control condition. Pretreatment and posttreatment tests examined the effects of stretching on 20-m sprint run (20 m), countermovement jump (CMJ) height, and sit and reach flexibility test. In terms of performance, SS hindered 20 m and CMJ in boys and girls by 2.5 and 6.3%, respectively. Dynamic stretching had no effect on 20 m in boys and girls but impaired CMJ by 2.2%. In terms of flexibility, both SS and DS improved performance with SS being more beneficial (12.1%) compared with DS (6.5%). No gender interaction was found. It can therefore be concluded that SS significantly negates sprinting performance and explosive power in adolescent boys and girls, whereas DS deteriorates explosive power and has no effect on sprinting performance. This diversity of effects denotes that the mode of stretching used in adolescent boys and girls should be task specific.
ISSN:1064-8011
1533-4287
DOI:10.1519/JSC.0b013e318295d2fb