The Effect of Maximum Speed Training Combined with the Ginseng Supplementation and their Effect on the CPK Enzyme in category A Football’s Referees

Abstract

Advancement in athletic level through continuous and regular training has a significant impact on raising the activity of the heart and blood circulation and the speed of oxygen transfer to the working muscles. Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the speed of the rhythm of football matches, so it has become necessary for the match referee to have physical capabilities that are no less than what the players have. Also, nutritional supplements have become today one of the means relied upon in the field of sports training, as the study aimed to prepare training for maximum speed accompanied by ginseng supplement and their effect on the CPK enzyme in first-class football referees. The research sample was a group of first-class football referees in Baghdad Governorate. The researcher used the experimental method as it is the closest method to solving his research problem. He used one of the experimental method designs, which is the two-experimental group system, and both groups are under the supervision of the researcher. The research community was determined intentionally, as it represented all first-class referees in Baghdad Governorate (field referees only) accredited by the Iraqi Central Football Association for the sports season (2024-2025), from the total number of first-class field referees, which number (75) referees in various governorates of Iraq. The research sample consisted of (14) Referees (field referees only) who represented 18.6% of the research community and were chosen intentionally. The doses of the American ginseng nutritional supplement were determined according to the instructions of the supplement manufacturer. The ready-made statistical system (SPSS) was used to complete the statistical processing of the research results. The researcher concluded that the maximum speed training, which was prepared by him in a standardized scientific manner and which is compatible with the physical capabilities and abilities of the referees, played a major role in developing this trait in the research sample and for both groups, and that the American ginseng nutritional supplement usage played a role in increasing the activity of the first experimental group according to the results and statistics shown at the expense of the second experimental group. The researcher recommends the necessity of taking the results of this study into account, benefiting from them, and disseminating them.