La natación como complemento para el mejoramiento de flexibilidad y coordinación en futbolistas del Club Deportivo Gloria

Abstract

The aim of this research is to prove the effectiveness of swimming activities program in the enhancement of flexibility development and coordination. This research addresses the human being as a holistic complexity considering it from its several dimensions.

In this investigation participated 24 soccer players from 18 to 25 years old from the Sport Club “Gloria” in Cuenca-Ecuador. Additionally, the descriptive and field methodology will apply Sit and Reach Test, Ladder Test, and Tactical shoulder-wrist flexibility test. The outcomes will be statistically analyzed.

In short, the theories that support the intervention project are the ones that refer to sciences applied to sport and summarized in principles of the approach of the entertainment sport such as the multilateralism and transfer principle. These principles aim to boost the integral and varied development applying the swimming sport as a complement to improve coordination and flexibility in a soccer player.

This paper aims to show the importance of games, exercises in the water in multilateralism work as a basic principle about the integral training and complement of sport development. It is important take into consideration that specific exercises also promote the development of coordinative skills, thus contributing to multilateral motor training.