Special exercises using an aquatic medium to develop the distinctive speed power in the 200-meter freestyle event

Abstract

Preparing exercises using an aquatic medium for (200) m freestyle runners and identifying the distinctive speed power, for the research sample and also identifying the effect of aquatic medium exercises in developing the distinctive speed power between the (pre-post) test for the research sample. As for the study hypothesis, the researcher imposed the existence of significant differences between the pre- and post-test in favor of the post-test for the experimental group. The researcher used the experimental method by designing two equivalent groups with a pre- and post-test to suit the nature of the research problem. The research community was determined by track and field runners for the 100-meter event in Maysan Governorate over the age of 20 for the 2023 sports season, whose number is (6) Runners, and they were taken in full by the comprehensive inventory method, the researcher divided them into two groups with (3) runners for the group that trains in the aquatic environment and (3) runners for the control group, and the process of distributing them was random, by lottery method, and they represented 100% of the research community. The researcher concluded that performing exercises using the aquatic environment had a positive effect on physical variables and achievement. The facilities provided by the aquatic environment, such as buoyancy force and decreased gravitational force on the body, were appropriate in obtaining the best production of force according to the specific ranges of movement for performance, which also helped in achieving the harmonious movements of the rest of the body parts in an easy way.