Using Resistance Training To Prevent And Manage Football-Related Injuries In Under-20 Boys At Nyashanu High School In Buhera District. · Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Author

Machongwe, Lewis

Title

Using Resistance Training To Prevent And Manage Football-Related Injuries In Under-20 Boys At Nyashanu High School In Buhera District.

Abstract

Sports injuries are common in football and many players world over miss games and training sessions due to various injuries that include ankles, knees, hamstrings, and the groin. In football, as with most team sports, the most common injuries are ligament sprains (of the ankle and knee) and muscle strains (of the hamstring and groin). It is against such background that an experimental study was carried out to find the effects and prevalence of different types of training methods and how they prevent and manage football-related injuries. A purposive sampling method was used to select participants from a population of 120 under 20 football players who are doing O level, lower six and upper six at Nyashanu High School. A total of 50 football players were selected and 30 coaches were also used. Data were collected using a questionnaire which was administered face-to-face and through observational study. Results of the study showed that the most common type of injury at Nyashanu High School was lower extremity injuries as confirmed by players 39 (78%) and most of the coaches 24 (80%). The observational study showed that muscle strain was the most prevalent type of injury (30.8%). Most of the injuries were minor injuries (53.8%) and these would take mostly 5 to 9 days to heal (46.2%). Most of the players 24 (48%) and coaches 27 (90%) opined that wrong training is the major cause of football-related injuries. Most of the players agreed to the fact that resistance training is the chief controller of football-related injuries and that it should be included in all training sessions 25 (50%). The plyometric training approach was the second most favoured type of training to manage and prevent football-related injuries (38%). This was also confirmed by an observational study (69.2%). It can be concluded that resistance training should be included in the management of football-related injuries. Moreover, the plyometric training approach is the second most recommended approach to training to minimise football-related injuries at Nyashanu High School. From what was gathered through questionnaires and observations, the research recommends the use of the resistance and the plyometric training methods in preventing and managing football related injuries.

Date

DECEMBER 2023

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

Resistance Training, Football related injuries, Nyashanu High School, Buhera.

Supervisor

Dr B Khumalo