Since the overall goal of resistance training is to increase performance now we have to understand what transfer is. In the literature discussed transfer is characterized as the extent to which a response in one task or trained situation affects the response in another task or untrained situation. So from looking at this definition we can see where the question arises of which type of resistance training is the best and most suited for sport performance. If one is exposed to a particular stimulus then one should see increased performance in a specific way ranging from an increased pitching speed, to increased speed for a sprinter, or a higher vertical jump for catching a ball in the air.
A majority of the research done on resistance training has been done mostly on traditional and ballistic resistance training. That being said there is some controversy about which type of resistance training is best suited to increase athletic performance. One example of this is a study done focusing on TRT over an 8 week period. The two types of training done in the study was bench and pull-over exercises. The pre and post variable that the study wanted to focus on was how those two had an effect on baseball throwing velocity. Over the 8 weeks the final results concluded that from pre to post testing, the subjects were able to increase their throwing speed about 22.8% faster. Very interesting results, but where the validity comes in question would be the particular subjects used for the study. The study used untrained subjects, so from this one can conclude that a new stimulus to an untrained individual would see great increases to strength and power leading to the individual to throw a ball harder. So are the results because of the type of training or because of the stimuli new to the subjects?
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