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Effects of exercise program on coordination and explosive power in university dance students 2019 796.012.112 796.035:793.32 http://ezaposleni.singidunum.ac.rs/rest/sciNaucniRezultati/oai/record/2/7612 http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FUPhysEdSport/article/view/5758/3448 D. Stošić S. Uzunović S. Pantelić S. Veličković M. Đurović D. Piršl The aim of this research is to determine the effects of a ten-week modern and recreational dance exercise program and trunk and leg muscle strengthening exercises on the coordination and explosive power of student-age female dancers. The total number of participants was 54, of which 27 made up the experimental group who participated in an experimental exercise program and 27 the control group. The experimental group performed Hip Hop and Dancehall dances and trunk and leg muscle strengthening exercises 3 times a week for 90 min each. The control group had no additional forms of exercise other than regular daily activities. The coordination of the participants was evaluated on the basis of six tests (Side Steps, 20 Steps forward Twirling a Baton, Skipping the Horizontal Jump Rope, Turning in 6 squares, Hand-Foot Drumming and Agility test with a Baton) and two tests for determining explosive power parameters (the squat jump and countermovement jump). Results showed statistical significance between the groups in 5 variables of coordination at the multivariate and univariate level (p<.05, p<.01), and in both variables of explosive power at the univariate level (p<.05). A large and intermediate effect size of the experimental program was determined for 5 variables of coordination, and intermediate effect size for both variables of explosive power. The results of this study showed that a ten-week exercise program for recreational and modern dance and exercises for strengthening the muscles of the torso and legs have a positive effect on the changes in the parameters of coordination and explosive power in student-age female dancers. article org/10.22190/FUPES191016052S 17 3 579 589 1451 740X Facta Universitatis, Series: Physical Education and Sport