TY - JOUR AU - KAFKAS, Armağan ŞAHİN AU - ÇINARLI, Fahri Safa AU - KAFKAS, Muhammed Emin PY - 2019 TI - The longitudinal development of endurance, sprint, agility, strength and jumping performance within college volleyball players JF - Journal of Athletic Performance and Nutrition; Vol 5 No 2 (2018): Journal of Athletic Performance and Nutrition KW - N2 - Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the annual development of biomotor characteristics in college volleyball players. Methods: A total of 16 college male volleyball players (age: 21.75 (4.45) years, body mass: 78.60 (12.20) kg, and body height: 187.0 (18.9) cm) from Turkish National Volleyball Leagues were tested. All college volleyball players take part in the two year (8 month each year) volleyball-specific training and competitions. The 30m sprint, ilinois agility, countermovement and squat jump, 20m beep test and maximal muscular strength tests of all participants were measured. Findings: Significant progress (p<0.05) was monitored in summation 30m sprint, ilinois agility, countermovement and squat jump, 20m beep test and maximal muscular strength tests. Findings for the one-way repeated measures ANOVA revealed a considerable main effect among tests on 30m sprint, ilinois agility, countermovement and squat jump, 20m beep test and maximal muscular strength tests performance. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that, within a college population of male volleyball players, enhancing endurance, sprint, jumping and strength characteristics in regular exercises are moderately associated with improves in aerobic endurance, sprint, jumping and strength ability. UR - http://journalapn.com/index.php/ojs/article/view/68