IMPACTS OF TABLE TENNIS ON THE HEALTH OF YOUNG STUDENTS

ABSTRACT Introduction By improving the material level of life, the amount of exercise of adolescents is decreasing, leading the muscular strength and cardiorespiratory resistance to also decrease instead of increase. Therefore, it is urgent to present effective training methods in physical education teaching to benefit adolescents’ quality of life. Objective Study the effect of table tennis training on musculature and cardiorespiratory endurance in young students. Methods 60 students from grade 7 of a high school were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experiment lasted for 9 weeks. In this paper, intra-group comparisons and inter-group comparisons were used. Before the experiment and after 9 weeks of training, students had their biophysical indicators collected; these data were analyzed and statistically compared. Results Existing physical education training can overall improve students’ physical muscular and cardiopulmonary endurance. The results show that the current training is effective, but inferior to that experienced with table tennis, and should be adjusted. Conclusion In teaching high school youth, physical education teachers are advised to promote table tennis to promote the young student’s health. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.摘要 引言：随着生活物质水平的提升，青少年的运动量持续减少，导致其肌肉力量与心肺耐力不升反降。因此，在体育教学中亟需提出有效的训练方法，以改善青少年的生活质量。 研究目的：探讨乒乓球（Table Tennis）训练对青少年学生肌肉系统与心肺耐力的影响。 研究方法：选取某中学七年级的60名学生，采用随机分组法分为实验组（experimental group）与对照组（control group），实验周期为9周。本研究采用组内比较（intra-group comparison）与组间比较（inter-group comparison）两种分析方式，分别在实验前及9周训练结束后采集学生的生物物理指标，并对所得数据进行统计分析与对比。 研究结果：现有体育训练整体上可提升学生的肌肉力量与心肺耐力，结果显示当前训练方案具备有效性，但效果不及乒乓球训练，因此亟需对现有训练进行调整优化。 研究结论：建议中学体育教师在青少年体育教学中推广乒乓球运动，以促进青少年学生的身体健康。 证据等级Ⅱ；治疗性研究——治疗结局调查。