A Strength and Conditioning Regiment to Improve Agility, Quickness, and Jump Height in Ultimate Frisbee Players

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

Exercise Science

Mentor Information

Amy Crawley

Department

Movement Science

Location

Henry Hall Atrium 46

Start Date

10-4-2013 12:00 PM

End Date

10-4-2013 1:00 PM

Keywords

Life Science

Abstract

With over 300 college and university teams, Ultimate Frisbee is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Ultimate combines a backyard game of Frisbee with athletic skills of soccer and football. In order to be successful at Ultimate, an athlete must have well developed agility, speed, hand-eye coordination, and an above average vertical jump. The purpose of this study was to create a conditioning program for an Ultimate player, utilizing the most relevant research for program development. While gameplay and disc-handling skills are important, implementing strength and conditioning exercises may improve a player's overall athletic performance. Due to little research done on conditioning of an Ultimate athlete, strength and conditioning strategies will be adapted from soccer and football training regimens to create a program. With this program, Ultimate athletes should be able to compete at a higher level to increase their overall performance during game play.

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A Strength and Conditioning Regiment to Improve Agility, Quickness, and Jump Height in Ultimate Frisbee Players

Henry Hall Atrium 46

With over 300 college and university teams, Ultimate Frisbee is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Ultimate combines a backyard game of Frisbee with athletic skills of soccer and football. In order to be successful at Ultimate, an athlete must have well developed agility, speed, hand-eye coordination, and an above average vertical jump. The purpose of this study was to create a conditioning program for an Ultimate player, utilizing the most relevant research for program development. While gameplay and disc-handling skills are important, implementing strength and conditioning exercises may improve a player's overall athletic performance. Due to little research done on conditioning of an Ultimate athlete, strength and conditioning strategies will be adapted from soccer and football training regimens to create a program. With this program, Ultimate athletes should be able to compete at a higher level to increase their overall performance during game play.