Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license
Author
Golestan University
Abstract
Relaxation is one of the important mental skills in physical education and sports
activities. Relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with an
emphasis on flexibility-functional mechanisms of nervous system has received
attention in recent studies. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect
of rhythmic exercises on deepening the relaxation of national judo athletes. For
this purpose, 30 male athletes of judo national team participated in this study and
were divided into three groups: one control and two experimental groups. The
subjects practiced the training protocol for three months and the data were
recorded and then analyzed by SCL (Skin Conduct Level) index. The results
revealed no significant difference in relaxation among the groups (α=%5 and
P>0.05). In other words, relaxation exercises had a slight effect on improvement of
relaxation skill level; however, rhythmic exercises deepened relaxation to some
extent. Results showed that rhythmic movements reduced stress through influencing
relaxation deepening and subjects with more relaxation were more successful in
their optimal movements.
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