&quot;The Effect of a Proposed Core Muscle Training Program Using TRX on the Skill Performance Level of Selected Balances in Rhythmic Gymnastics&quot;

Badr, Mawada Mawada; Farag, Samah Hassan; Hussien, Breksan Osman

doi:10.21608/ijssaa.2025.397291.2460

"The Effect of a Proposed Core Muscle Training Program Using TRX on the Skill Performance Level of Selected Balances in Rhythmic Gymnastics"

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¹ "Teaching Assistant, Department of Theories and Applications of Gymnastics and Exercises, Faculty of Sports Sciences for Girls – El Gezira"

² Professor of Exercises, Department of Exercise Theories and Applications & Gymnastics, Faculty of Sport Science – Al-jazira Helwan University.

³ Professor of Exercise at the Department of Theories and Applications of Gymnastics and Exercise, and Former Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, Faculty of Sport Sciences for Girls – El-Zamalek Campus, Helwan University.

10.21608/ijssaa.2025.397291.2460

Abstract

This study aims to design a training program targeting core muscles using the TRX suspension tool and to investigate its effects on the physical fitness components related to balance—namely static balance and flexibility—as well as the skill performance level of selected balance in rhythmic gymnastics students.

Balances are considered one of the fundamental groups of elements that must be included in rhythmic gymnastics routines, whether the routine is freehand or performed with apparatus, individually or in groups. The researcher employed the experimental method using a pre-test/post-test design for two groups: an experimental group and a control group, as it is suitable for the nature of the study.

The total research sample consisted of 28 students: 10 students in the main experimental group, 8 students in the control group, and 10 students in a pilot study group from the same population but outside the main sample. The duration of the training program was three months, comprising 12 training units implemented at a rate of one unit per week, with each unit applied three times per week.

The study’s main findings revealed that the proposed core muscle training program using the TRX suspension tool led to improvements in the physical fitness components associated with balance, as well as in the skill performance level of the selected balance elements under investigation.

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