Effect of TRX Suspension Training on Technical Performance for Artistic Swimming Figures

Artistic swimming is a demanding sport which requires exclusive aquatic skills; strength, power, endurance, coordination abilities, stability, joints flexibility, bouncy factor and grace artistry. The swimmers compete by executing a specific “figure competition”, in which the athletes perform a set of mandatory or optional figures, and they are judged regarding the accuracy of positions. This sport requires athletes to have a high level of physical training, mastery of complex technical skills, and artistry.

Suspension Training exercise is purported to have an effective role in develop strength, flexibility, and core strength simultaneously. It requires the use of the TRX Suspension Trainer, a highly portable performance training tool that leverages gravity and the user’s body weight to complete hundreds of exercises.

The aim of study: to determine the effect of TRX suspension Training on Technical Performance for Artistic Swimming Figures. Methods:7 female subjects age 14.1±.89 were selected to participate in this study were assigned to one experimental group, participated in 8 weeks as strength, core muscle strength and flexibility, Synchro land and Specific water exercises in addition to routine training. Results: positive influence pre- and post-applied TRX training exercises as Ariana element pre mean 4.09±0.65, post mean4.74±0.49 and Rio element pre mean 3.51±0.85, post mean 4.44±0.73. Conclusion: provide evidence for the benefit of integrating TRX suspension training in dryland exercises for strength, core strength and flexibility that are improve the quality of the figures performance.