Article 1: Swimming
Topic: The effects of a 6-week core exercises on swimming performance of national-level swimmers.
Authors: Karpiński, J., Rejdych, W., Brzozowska, D., Gołaś, A., Sadowski, W., Swinarew, A. S., Stachura, A., Gupta, S., & Stanula, A.
The article discusses how physical activities could influence the performance of athletes. Thus, it was designed to assess the effects of intensive training on the subjects. It conducted 6-week core swimming exercises to assess swimmers’ performance at the national level. In addition, it conducted isolated strengthening of the swimmers’ muscles to improve their performance. The exercise proved that strength and muscular power were significant determinates of swimming athletes’ performance.
The articles significantly state its purpose and main goals for swimming competition as overcoming a given distance in the shortest time possible and how to achieve it by properly stationing the body. Secondly, the state’s sample is 16 male Polish swimmers around the age of (21.6 +- 2.2 years). Thirdly, the experiment proceeded by dividing them into two groups of 8 as experimental and control groups. Finally, the data collection and results are presented, followed by a conclusion and a conclusion.
The study was cost-effective because of its small sample and the period taken to complete it. Secondly, it is generalizable and hence could be recommended in other sports which rely on the strength and muscle power. Lastly, it is reliable because of its huge number of researchers improving its credibility. However, the article depicts weaknesses, such as a lack of potential depth. Furthermore, despite having a sizable sample, they are all of the same gender, thus not effective on female athletes.
When analyzing the study, one learns that swimming competitions rely on the strength and muscular power to swim across a given point as soon as possible. Thus, athletes must be trained through the isolated strengthening of stabilizing muscles.
Researchers conclude that “implementation of isolated strengthening of the stabilizing muscles seems to be a valuable addition to the standard training of swimmers” (Karpiński et al., 2020). This paper met its objective of understanding the effectiveness of 6-week core exercises and thus can be recommended to all swimmers. The article is related to aquatic explains the effectiveness of core-exercising in improving swimming speed even in animals.
Article 2: Line Dancing
Topic: Effects of line dancing on physical function and perceived limitation in older adults with self-reported mobility limitations.
Authors: Crystal G. Bennett, Madeleine E. Hackney
The journal has mainly focused on line dancing, physical activity conducted by older adults. The article has insight into the significant impacts of line dancing as physical activity on the old. The primary focus has been on the older people with mobility issues to streamline and jumpstart their movements.
The article’s view and perception are exciting because of the focus on the elderly. In the modern world, many older adults are stigmatized regarding sporting and physical fitness. Thus, this article is interesting because of the greater focus on the idea.
Line dancing is the essential activity and event that has been discussed in this article. But, more significantly, the greater focus on its impacts on the health and life of the elderly in society.
The article has many strengths related to the implications of the report on the life of the elderly. For example, the article has given a better focus on the life of the elderly through fitness options.
The article has offered many options for the activities that can be learned. For example, taking line dancing as a sporting activity for the old can be one of the best health support systems.
Line dancing for the elderly is one of the most significant ways of engaging with the group population. As such, building these activities increases the likelihood of boosting their health and increasing their lifespan (Bennett & Hackney, 2017). Therefore, this is an essential sporting activity for the old and people with such movement issues.
The article has shifted the existing perception of people on the actual meaning of sporting activities. More particularly, in terms of age and individual health and fitness benefits.
Line dancing can be done as an aquatics sport; as such, it should be included in the sporting activities for the elderly.
Article 3: Walking and Running
Title: The Impact of Jogging on the Improvement of Physical Fitness
Authors: A Agus, M P Sari
The article has mainly targeted exploring the significant impacts of jogging as a physical sporting activity on physical fitness. As such, by studying the population of a university, it was possible to determine the impact of jogging on a diverse group of people regardless of age bias.
The article’s overview of the whole population makes it an interesting topic of concern. For example, the article has covered all the essential benefits of jogging as a sporting activity. But unfortunately, jogging has been one of the most ignored activities in the modern world. Therefore, this focus outputs a greater emphasis on the whole idea of the article.
There are a couple of significant events that have been mentioned in the article; cycling, green walk, marathon.
The article has depicted the core strengths based on the population and its impacts on physical health. For example, the following are the core strengths of the article;
- Limited bias as not age was restricted.
- The benefits of jogging as a sporting activity are the primary focus.
Many activities can be learned from the article. However, the aspect of the benefits of jogging as a sporting activity is the major one. Many people have underscored the potential of jogging as physical activity.
Jogging is described as one way of supporting physical and mental health. Research by Agus & Sari (2020) has affirmed that the muscles strengthen through jogging, and the body releases toxic substances. Therefore, jogging plays an integral role in health and personal fitness.
The article has conveyed the required information that was expected as per the objectives. More particularly, through the focused research experiment that was conducted.
Based on the article’s knowledge, there is not much connection with aquatics. However, jogging should be conducted as a sport like aquatic sporting activities.
Article 4: Dual Activities
Topic: The effects of a 6-week core exercises on swimming performance of national level swimmers
Authors: Karpiński, J., Rejdych, W., Brzozowska, D., Gołaś, A., Sadowski, W., Swinarew, A. S., Stachura, A., Gupta, S., & Stanula, A.
The study highlights some facts leading to its research on how wrestling is growing competition among women in the USA. Thus, its purpose is to highlight the number of female injury causalities in wrestling entertainment and compare the number to those of their male counterparts. It further characterizes the injuries for easy comparison and describes the characteristics of each athlete to compete in wrestling, especially the body fats.
The article highlights the historical background of wrestling and how men dominate in the sports industry compared to females. It proceeds to state the characteristics of all competitors noting that women are prone to injuries, and describes the features of the injuries women face in the industry. The study considers the use of secondary sources as their data sources. Lastly, it relays the results and discusses them, stating its limitations before concluding the investigation.
The study considers secondary sources that provide a large set of data to increase its credibility. Secondly, secondary sources are cost-effective because less money is spent during the research reduces the study period. Lastly, the study highlights its weaknesses; thus, readers should always consider them and help further study. Despite having these strengths, the study is limited to women wrestlers and, therefore, cannot be generalized.
The study explains that men dominate in the sports industry, and the least number of women participating are prone to severe injuries compared to their male counterparts. It further explains that men and women have distinctively unique physiological and anatomy, which explains the difference in the injuries both faces. Thus, the researchers recommend, “Prompt management of injuries and specific training strategies aimed at prevention may help to reduce the projected increase of female wrestling-associated injuries as the sport’s popularity continues to rise” (Hoge et al., 2021). This study met its objective of investigating the injuries of female wrestlers and recommended measures to reduce the severity. In addition, this study could be used in aquatics, where female aquatic animals should be observed for their injuries and how they can be reduced through physical activities.
References
Agus, A., & Sari, M. P. (2020). The impact of jogging on the improvement of physical fitness. Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019), 464.
Bennett, C. G., & Hackney, M. E. (2017). Effects of line dancing on physical function and perceived limitation in older adults with self-reported mobility limitations. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(11), 1259-1265.
Hoge, C., Pirruccio, K., Cohen, O., & Kelly, J. (2021). Rising trends in wrestling-associated injuries in females presenting to US emergency departments. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(2). Web.
Karpiński, J., Rejdych, W., Brzozowska, D., Gołaś, A., Sadowski, W., Swinarew, A. S., Stachura, A., Gupta, S., & Stanula, A. (2020). The effects of a 6-week core exercises on swimming performance of national level swimmers. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0227394. Web.