Abstract:
The purpose of this study was multiple folds: 1) to determine muscular performance components, 2) to establish preliminary leg performance standards for muscle strength and power among Bahrain athletes, and 3), to formulate a leg training prescription method. Two hundred and thirty nine elite Bahrain athletes from eight different sports were subjected in this study. All athletes were evaluated on each of three different leg performance tests. The results revealed that the three tests would measure relatively independent components of leg power performance. And that a diagnostic evaluation of each could be used to prescribe leg power training for each athlete. Pearson product moment correlations between pairings of the three tests revealed two non-significant coefficients and one significant correlation. A significant independence was found for the MMS vs. MRFD pairing and the MMS vs. SSC pairing when each pairing was used to predict the MRFD vs. SSC pairing as a criterion reference. Significant correlations were found between both preseason jump training and weight training with all three performance measures (MMS, MRFD and SSC). Practical applications of the research findings were presented to assist coaches in prescribing training allocations for MMS, MRFD and SSC for individual athletes.
