Greater muscular strength can enhance the ability to perform general sport skills such as jumping, sprinting, and change of direction tasks. Traditional Resistance Training (TRT) is broadly applied by strength and conditioning coaches to increase strength. However, recently, Whole-Body Electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) has been proven to be able to increase muscular strength in high performance athletes. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two different training modalities on muscular strength. Sixty female collegiate softball players (Age = 23.52 ±1.89years; Height = 156.20 ± 1.71 cm; Mass = 53.21 ± 3.17 kg) were randomly assigned into 3 groups. Along 8 weeks,all the groups trained like usual, but the first group performed additional of whole-body electrical stimulation (WBEMS), the second group performed additional of traditional resistance training (TRT), and the third group (CTR) did not perform any additional training after regular softball training. Before and aft.....

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