Abstract: The objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between average core strength and sprint acceleration performance. Besides that, this study also intended to determine the relationship between body height and body weight with average core strength and sprint acceleration performance. Sixty-three male sport science students (height 1.67 ± 0.07 m; body mass 63.25 ± 13.90 kg) from a variety of sport backgrounds participated in this study. To test the relationship, core strength (7-stage abdominal strength test and prone-bridge test) and sprint acceleration (35-m sprint test) performance were measured and a Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to analyze the results. Sprint was found to be significantly correlated with prone bridge performance, r (63) = -0.43, p = 0.00). The relationship between body height with sprint performance stated significant relationship (r (63) = -0.48, p = 0.00) and body weight with 7-stage abdominal strength values reveal a significant relationship (r (63) = – 0.28, p = 0.03).
Conclusion: This finding has suggested an optimum core strength may influences sprint acceleration performance, which would give greater advantages in order to improve physical performance or optimize sport performance.
Source: Mohamed Azizul Mohamed Afandi1,2, Nur Ikhwan Mohamad1, Nor Fazila, Abd Malek, Chamnan Chinnasee3 and Ali Md Nadzalan. 2021. The Relationship between Core Strength Performance with Sprint Acceleration. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1793, The 1st International Recent Trends in Technology, Engineering and Computing Conference (IRTTEC) 2020 30 September 2020, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCitation Mohamed Azizul Mohamed Afandi et al 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.
