Response of Selected Physiological Variables and Blood Electrolyte Levels Following an 800 m Freestyle Swim in Youth Long-Distance Swimmers

Abstract

The problem of this research is the lack of studies on the physiological aspects of swimmers, which is the reason to talk about this problem in particular. This study aims to determine some physiological variables and levels of blood salts for long-distance swimmers after an 800 m freestyle swim. It also seeks to determine the differences in pre-post-tests of some physiological variables and blood salts for long-distance swimmers after an 800m freestyle swim. The researcher adopted the causal descriptive method. The sample was intentionally chosen: all the (18) swimmers of the Nineveh governorate team swimming were a Society of Research, out of which (12) youth swimmers were intentionally chosen. The statistical methods used in this work include standard deviation, arithmetic average, t-test for related samples, variance conjunction, and SPSS program. We found the effort of 800m freestyle swimming caused moral significance differences in pre-post-tests of calcium concentrations and favor of post-test. Efforts of 800m freestyle swimming caused moral significance differences in pre-post tests of sodium concentrations and favour of post-test. Efforts of 800m freestyle swimming caused moral significance differences in pre-post-tests of potassium concentrations and favour of post-test.