INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAMS ON YOUNG VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS: ENHANCING BALANCE, STRENGTH, AND SPINAL HEALTH

It may happen that heavy training has a positive effect on the athlete's performance, but on the other hand it can have a negative effect, in terms of the risk of injury to these players, in different parts of the body. An essential element in improving volleyball performance is balance training, which also has a positive effect on improving posture problems in volleyball players. Balance training has the potential to improve performance in selected components of muscle development by focusing on balance training, muscle strength, power, and movement speed during directional changes. Thus, the main focus of this paper was the improvement of physical parameters such as: strength and balance, in young volleyball players through the programs and protocols evidenced in the literature. Studies were selected to review protocols for measuring balance and posture, and exercise programs that have been used to improve balance, strength, and spinal health. The literature used refers to electronic data sources, on websites such as: PubMed, Research Gate, Google Scholar, Scopus and mainly belongs to the last 10 years. Bearing in mind that the works cited in this material are among the quality ones that deal with the phenomenon of postural asymmetry, balance and strength, both in the service of scientific research and in the service of developing quality and sustainable training programs for the development of volleyball for youth, for both men and women, we have formulated and organized theoretical concepts and test and intervention protocols for the goals and objectives of our study.