THE EFFECTS OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING FOLLOWED BY TRAINING CESSATION ON MOTOR PERFORMANCE

In sports, there is constant need for evaluation of different training regimes and recovery process in order to discover what can improve athlete's performance. Plyometric training regime can result with positive physiological changes in motor performance, but also can cause great muscle damage. To avoid any injuries, monitoring of recovery periods in training, between training and after plyometric training program is necessity. Training cessation is one of the possibilities for providing recovery after plyometric or some other training program. The question is, will training cessation cause increase, maintaining or decrease of motor performance levels. In this research, ten healthy students underwent 8-week long plyometric program with two weeks of training cessation. Results showed no significant differences between motor performance levels after the completion of plyometric program and after extra two weeks of training cessation. Authors concluded that for speed, jumping abilities and agility, complete training cessation will not cause detraining status of athletes, but with great caution in practical application of results in sports, due to activity level of participants in this study.