The effect of swimming rules amendment on the performance level of pentathletes

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Faculty of Physical Education - Sadat City University

2 Faculty of physical education - Sadat city university

Abstract

The study aims to study the effect of law amendment in swimming on the level of performance and the points obtained by the athletes in the modern pentathlon The two researchers used the descriptive approach to suit the nature of this study,The research community is the male and female athletes which participated in the World Cup Final of modern pentathlon at (2016-2017).Conclusions: There are differences between the two pre- measurements (2016 World Cup Final) and post measurement (World Cup Final 2017) in the recorded time of 200m swimming for the female modern pentathletes, as most of them were in favor of the post measurement.,and There are differences between the two measurements before (2016 World Cup Final) and after (World Cup Final 2017) in the recorded time of 200m swimming for the male modern pentathletes, as they were in favor of the post measurement, as they recorded an improvement in time, There are differences between the pre and post measurements in points obtained by the female modern pentathletes in favor of the pre-measurement despite the improvement in time , There are differences between the two measurements before (2016 World Cup Final) and after (World Cup Final 2017) in points obtained by the male modern pentathletes in favor of the tribal measurement despite the improvement in time. The two researchers recommend the following:- developing specialized training programs for the modern pentathlon swimming to improve the physical abilities of swimmers to help developing their digital level.

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