Author(s)

Itoua Okemba Jean^1,2, Alongo Yvon Ghislain Rock³, Mabassa David Sylvain¹, Massamba Alphonse^1,4

¹Laboratoire de Didactique des Activités Physiques et Sportives, Institut Supérieur de l’Education Physique et Sportive (ISEPS), Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.
²Chaire UNESCO en Sciences de l’Education pour l’Afrique Centrale, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.
³Laboratoire de Physiologie de l’Effort et de Biomécanique, Institut Supérieur de l’Education Physique et Sportive (ISEPS), Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.
⁴Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire “Société, Santé, Sport, Développement’’ (L3SD), Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of a football cycle in Physical Education on improving the quality of speed in young college Congolese. This longitudinal and analytical study was carried on 20 subjects aged 14 to 17 years (mean age: 14.1 ± 0.3 years). They moved in the general secondary schools. All subjects underwent a program of 12 lessons 6 themes for each. Each 45-minute theme was given a specific objective. Before and after the duration of cycle one month and two weeks, two assessments were allowed to determine the running time, the speed and the force of the lower limbs (maximum anaerobic power, PAmax. For this, two races tests were used: linear running and hook over a distance of 20 m. Data obtained shown the time taken during the linear travel by subjects after the program was significantly shorter than those recorded during the hook race: 3.57 ± 0.12 s versus 5.49 ± 0.21 s. Thus, the average speed of topics during the linear running test was higher than that recorded in the hook running (5.60 ± 0.07 m/s against 3.04 ± 0.08 m/s). In contrast, for the absolute PAmax the finding was equal to 1748.8 ± 36.4 watts for hook running (p < 0.01) against 1345.5 ± 43.7 watts for linear running. It was the same for the PAmax on the weight. On completion of the program, with respect to the hook running event race times were significantly diminished among midfielders: -13.6%. In contrast, the values of speed and PAmax were distinguished by superior performance, respectively: 14.5%, 23.3% and 15%, 3%. In conclusion, our study demonstrated the effectiveness of a good football cycle to maximize sprint performance. In short, an appropriate educational content is an effective strategy for improving the quality performance rate among college students in the football.

Football, Cycle of Physical Education, Speed, College, Congo

Jean, I. , Rock, A. , Sylvain, M. and Alphonse, M. (2016) Effects of the Practice of Football in Medium Congolese College on the Development of Speed Quality. Advances in Physical Education, 6, 300-311. doi: 10.4236/ape.2016.64031.