The effect of using a water resistance parachute in developing the endurance of the arms and legs and achieving 100 m freestyle swimming

Abstract

Modern training methods are a development of training sciences, and an update of the methods used and traditional methods in sports training science. Among the new methods used in swimming is the resistance parachute as new exercises used by swimmers to increase resistance and the burden imposed on the body in addition to water resistance. Hence, the importance of the research came from the research that delving into this training field helps to provide some modest scientific training solutions that contribute to raising the physical level and achievement of swimmers (100 m). As for the research problem, it focuses on using modern methods to develop the endurance trait, which is one of the most important traits or abilities that swimming needs, especially for the work of the arms and legs, and from here comes the research problem, so the researcher sees the presentation of this problem and an attempt to overcome the basic weak physical trait by using the parachute to raise the level of the training process and develop the endurance of the strength specific to achieving the 100 m freestyle swimming. The aim of the research is to use the water resistance parachute as an aid in training 100m freestyle swimmers. The research sample consisted of 8 swimmers, 4 of whom were divided into experimental and control groups. The results showed that there was an effect of using resistance training with the parachute in developing the arms and legs and completing the 100m freestyle swim.