Postactivation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) Increases Vertical Jump in Elite Female Volleyball Players

Lamberto Villalon-Gasch, Alfonso Penichet-Tomas, Sergio Sebastia-Amat, Basilio Pueo and Jose M. Jimenez-Olmedo
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Lamberto Villalon-Gasch: Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Alfonso Penichet-Tomas: Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Sergio Sebastia-Amat: Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Basilio Pueo: Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Jose M. Jimenez-Olmedo: Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to verify if a conditioning activity was effective to elicit postactivation performance enhancement (PAPE) and to increase the performance in vertical jump (VJ) in elite female volleyball players. Eleven national Superliga-2 volleyball players (22.6 ± 3.5 years) were randomly assigned to an experimental and control group. Countermovement jumps (CMJ) were performed on eight occasions: before (Pre-PAPE) and after activation (Post-PAPE), after the match (Pre-Match), and after each of the five-match sets (Set 1 to 5). ANOVA showed significantly increased jump performance for the experiment between baseline (Pre-PAPE) and all the following tests: +1.3 cm (Post-PAPE), +3.0 cm (Pre-Match), +4.8 cm (Set 1), +7.3 cm (Set 2), +5.1 cm (Set 3), +3.6 cm (Set 4), and +4.0 cm (Set 5), all showing medium to large effect size (0.7 < ES < 2.4). The performance of the control group did not show significant increases until Set 3 (+3.2 cm) and Set 5 (+2.9 cm), although jump heights were always lower for the control group than the experimental. The use of conditioning activity generates increased VJ performance in Post-PAPE tests and elicited larger PAPE effects that remain until the second set of a volleyball match.

Keywords: back squat; countermovement jump; sports performance; PAP; RM; training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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