Effects of fitness programs with aquatics elements on physical condition of 16-17 year-old males

Pidhaina Vira. Effects of fitness programs with aquatics elements on physical condition of 16-17 year-old males. Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport. 2019;5(2):209-219. elSSN 2450-6605. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/PPS.2019.05.02.002 http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/PPS/article/view/PPS.2019.05.02.002 https://zenodo.org/record/4254156 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.12.2019. Revised: 14.12.2019. Accepted: 24.12.2019. EFFECTS OF FITNESS PROGRAMS WITH AQUATICS ELEMENTS ON PHYSICAL CONDITION OF 16-17 YEAR-OLD MALES Vira Pidhaina National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport, Kyiv, Ukraine Abstract The article identifies the impact of an aquatics fitness program on the physical condition of 16-17-year-old males. Objective. The study was aimed at assessing the effects of the fitness program with aquatics elements on physical condition of 16-17 year-old males. Methods and organization of the study. The following methods were used: analysis and generalization of special scientific and methodological literature; pedagogical, sociological, anthropometric, and physiological methods; and the methods of mathematical statistics. To assess physical health, Apanasenko’s method for somatic health express assessment was used. The level of physical fitness of young men was assessed according to the Krutsevich’s method. The Ruffier, Robinson, Skibinsky, Stange, and Genche indices were used to assess the functional status of the cardiorespiratory system. The program lasted for 9 months with workouts done three times a week. The program included three stages: preparatory (10-12 weeks), main (16-18 weeks), and final (14-16 weeks) ones. The study involved 48 males aged 16-17 years. Results of the study. After the experiment, significant (p