Chukhlovina Valeriia

Scopus Publications

Physical preparation of cheerleaders with 7-8 years of primary stage training
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2025
Purpose:Physical training is a central aspect of cheerleading preparation.However, owing to the absence of specific regulatory documents in Ukraine, particularly the cheerleading curriculum at the State University of Youth and Sports, the selection of control tests for assessing the physical fitness of cheerleaders was based on related sports, such as gymnastics and acrobatics.Additionally, the tests took into account the roles performed by cheerleaders on the gymnastics floor (cheerleader-flyers and cheerleader-bases).Object: The study focused on the physical preparation of cheerleading athletes.Participants and Research Methods: The research used an analysis of scientific and methodical literature, program-normative documents, control testing, generalization, systematization, and mathematical statistical methods.Participated in 100 cheerleaders athletes (girls) aged 7-8 years of Sports Club Angels (Kv, Ukraine), Higher School of Cheerleading (Odesa, Ukraine), and All-Ukrainian Sports Club Triumph (Dnipro, Ukraine), who take part in competitions in the nomination Cheer All Female.They compete in the Cheer All Female nomination.During the research, group A (n=49) comprised cheerleader-flyers, and group B (n=51) consisted of cheerleader-base.Participants of all groups took part in control testing to determine the level of physical preparation.The analysis of the research results was carried out at the general group and intra-group levels.Results: Summarizing the obtained data on the level of physical preparedness of cheerleaders at the initial preparation stage, we conclude that: 10% of cheerleaders have a low level, 22% have a below average level, 31% have an average level, 31% have an above average level, and 6% have a high level of physical preparedness.Correlation analysis between indicators of physical fitness revealed 24 correlations (12 connections for flyer cheerleaders and 12 base cheerleaders).Reliable correlations were determined in 13 cases at p0.05-0.001.Correlation analysis of indicators of physical fitness demonstrates a chaotic nature.Conclusions.The determined indicators of physical preparation indicate an insufficient level of development of physical abilities.The obtained results provide an opportunity for the coach to improve the level of development of the physical qualities of athletes-cheerleaders during training.
Improvement of technical skills of 14-16 years old athletes who are engaged in aesthetic group gymnastics
Nina Dolbysheva, Viktoriya Kidon, Nina Kovalenko, Iryna Holoviichuk, Alexander Koshcheyev, et al.
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2020
The purpose was to introduce in the training process the author's technique for improving technical skills at the stage of specialized basic training of the third year of training and to determine its effectiveness for the technical readiness indicators and the result of competitions.The object of the study was the technical preparedness of gymnasts.Participants -2 teams of athletes of Ukraine with aesthetic group gymnastics (Viva Victoria team of Dnipropetrovsk region and Vivend team of Zaporizhzhya region).Each team consisted of 12 gymnasts aged 14-16 years, which meets the requirements of international rules on aesthetic group gymnastics.Results.Introduced author's technique for improving technical skills in the training process contributed to the improvement of technical training of gymnasts in the data of such tests as "series including any three different body movements" and "supplementary difficultly" at p ≤ 0.001, and an increase of 11.74%.Quantitative and qualitative correlation relationships between technical readiness indicators increased (up to 10 interconnections out of 10 possible) at a reliability of p ≤ 0.05-0.01.The result of the team's competitive activity, both at the national and at the world levels, increased by an average of 0.45 points (9.47%) and execution -by 0.40 points (5.13%).Conclusions.Planning in the training process of the author's technique for improving the technical skill of female athletes engaged in aesthetic group gymnastics, contributed to the improvement of technical readiness and the result of competitive activity, which gives the basis for its practical implementation in the system of training of female gymnasts at the stage of specialized basic training.