Physical Performance in Swimmers: Strength and Functional Movement Analysis

Since swimming is a branch that works all the body muscles and is performed in a horizontal position, it is preferred in all age groups. Muscular strength-muscular endurance has an important place among biomotor features in swimming. Trainers, trainers or conditioners have started to prefer drylan training more and more to improve the in-water performance of swimmers. One of the most important factors to be considered in strength training is the relationship between functional movement and muscle strength. For this reason, the study was conducted to examine the relationship between strength and functional movement in swimmers. 40 men swimmers who have been doing swimming training in Çanakkale Belediye Spor for at least 3 years participated in the research. In order to determine the static muscle strength of the swimmers, the plank stance test was applied, and to determine the functional movement scores of the swimmers, the Functional Movement Analysis test consisting of 7 movements was applied. SPSS package program was used for the analysis of the data obtained in the research. The demographic characteristics of the athletes were determined. The normality of the obtained data was tested with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. In order to determine the correlation between the FMS Movement Patterns of the athletes and the Static Strength Parameters, the Spearman Rank Differences Correlation test, one of the nanparametric tests, was performed. Significance level was determined as p