The effect of special exercises in improving the articulatory flexibility of the muscles of the arms (shoulder, elbow, wrist) for junior players of the Specialized School of Table Tennis in Al-Muthanna Governorate

Abstract

Table tennis is one of the popular games that spread among its practitioners the spirit of fun, as it is practiced in a small space and of all ages, as it is practiced by children, youth and the elderly, and is characterized by excitement and suspense for those who watch it and the physical abilities to move inside the stadium, but sometimes it may cause many and sudden injuries to the player , including injuries that occur in the muscle groups of the arms, such as muscle tearing, pulling, muscle spasm and other injuries, so it requires the prevention of these injuries and knowledge of how to avoid and prevent them, as the athlete always strives to continue the effectiveness without injuries to achieve a higher level of achievement, sports training and sports medicine are two of the The important and specialized basic sciences in which medical sciences are used and applied from the private and therapeutic side, as these sciences contributed to the development and legalization of training loads to be more suitable for the body’s ability to adapt and benefit from the positive effects of the functional state of the body to provide the correct methods and programs to prevent or avoid sports injuries. Hence the importance of the research in preparing special exercises in developing the articulated flexibility of the muscles of the arms of the players when they are at the beginning of their sports career in order to avoid what happens with injured players in the advanced stages of age. Youngsters in the arm used and is constantly increasing during training or competitions and these injuries are concentrated in three main joints (shoulder, elbow, wrist), because of these joints of an important and effective role while using the racket to score points, as hitting table tennis requires agility, flexibility and speed It is high due to the lightness of the racket and the ball and the incorrect position of the body, which leads to various injuries in the arm used for young players. The researchers attribute this to the weakness and imbalance in the muscle groups working on the arm used. Therefore, the researchers decided to shed light on this problem in how to reduce these injuries and the possibility of avoiding them through the development of special exercises that have an effect on the muscle groups working on the joints of the arm used to avoid injury that can occur to young players during training or competition in the future and try to reduce the percentage of injuries In a way that ensures that the table tennis player benefits from those exercises developed, the research aims to prepare special exercises to develop the articulatory flexibility of the arm muscles for table tennis juniors, as well as identifying the effect of special exercises in developing the articular flexibility of the arm muscles for the members of the research sample.