TY - JOUR AU - Humenyuk, Sergey AU - Konovalov, Vladimir AU - Zamaziy, Vladislav PY - 2022/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Improvement of the physical preparedness of athletes in breaking at the age of 13-15 years using the functional simulator "alpha-gravity" JF - Slobozhanskyi Herald of Science and Sport JA - SHSS VL - 26 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.15391/snsv.2022-1.004 UR - https://journals.uran.ua/index.php/1991-0177/article/view/255092 SP - 20-26 AB - <p><strong>Purpose: </strong>to experimentally substantiate the improvement of the physical preparedness of breakdancers at the age of 13-15 years using the functional simulator "Alpha Gravity".</p><p><strong>Material &amp; Methods:</strong> theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, pedagogical testing, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. The study involved 22 breakdancers aged 13-15 years, from the reserve of the national team of Ukraine. Two groups were formed from the study participants: the control group (CG) - 11 athletes and the main group (MG) – 11 athletes, in the educational process of which the means of the functional simulator "Alpha Gravity" were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>a positive effect of the application of a set of exercises using the "Alpha Gravity" functional simulator in the training process of breakdancers aged 13-15 years was revealed. The greatest increase in indicators of physical fitness of the athletes of the main group was found in the tests: T1 "Bend forward from a sitting position, legs together (cm)"; Т2 "Push-ups" (number of times min<sup>-1</sup>)”; T5 "Holding the torso in the prone position, (s)"; T6 "Plank, (s)". In other tests, there is also a positive trend in the growth of indicators.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>statistically significant positive changes in the level of physical preparedness of breakdancers at the age of 13-15 years of the main group (MG, n=11) were established under the influence of the developed training methodology using the means of the functional simulator "Alpha Gravity".</p> ER -