The Influence of Four Styles of Warming up on Vertical Jump Distance for Valley ball Players

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of four styles of warming up on vertical jump distance for volleyball players. To achieve that, the study conducted on (68) players from the first and second grade clubs in Palestine. All players performed vertical jump test five times (without warming up, after 15m jogging, after 10m stretching + 5m jogging, after 10m jogging +5m stretching, and after 5m stretching + 10m jogging). The results Wilks’ Lambda and Sidak post-hoc test indicated that all warming- up styles had appositive effect on vertical jump distance compared with no warming up. Furthermore the best style of warming-up was (10 minutes jogging + 5 minutes stretching).