An Efficient and Enjoyable Way for Physical Fitness Development Among Women at Midlife
Health, 2020, 12, 943-953 https://www.scirp.org/journal/health ISSN Online: 1949-5005 ISSN Print: 1949-4998 An Efficient and Enjoyable Way for Physical Fitness Development among Women at Midlife Omri Ezra1, Sharon Tsuk1, Alon Eliakim1,2, Yoav Meckel1* 1The Academic College at Wingate, Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel 2Child Health and Sport Center, Pediatric Department, Meir Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel How to cite this paper: Ezra, O., Tsuk, S., Abstract Eliakim, A. and Meckel, Y. (2020) An Effi- cient and Enjoyable Way for Physical Fit- The aim of the study was to examine the effect of Newcomb ball (also known ness Development among Women at Mid- by the name of catchball) training on the physical fitness of women at midlife. life. Health, 12, 943-953. One hundred and eighteen women, aged 29 - 45 yrs, were assigned to an ex- https://doi.org/10.4236/health.2020.128071 perimental group (EG) or a control group (CG), and completed two similar Received: July 10, 2020 sets of tests before and after seven months of training. The EG performed two Accepted: August 10, 2020 Newcomb ball training sessions per week that included technical and tactical Published: August 13, 2020 drills with and without the ball, small sided games and full games at different Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and variations. The CG remained non-active throughout the seven months. Leg Scientific Research Publishing Inc. power, arm power, agility, speed, and aerobic scores were significantly higher This work is licensed under the Creative for the EG compared to the CG at baseline (p < 0.001 for all).
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