Abstract
<jats:p>Purpose The aim of the study is to ascertain the effectiveness of mobile fitness application assisted exercise in improving athletes’ physical skills as well as their performance in throwing events. Material and methods 10 purposively selected Grade 9 Male athletes of the Department of Education, Western Visayas in the Philippines took part as subjects of the study. The control group performed the traditional set of exercises designed by the researchers and the experimental group were exposed to the mobile fitness application. The physical fitness test provided in the Department of Education Order No. 34, series 2019 was used to determine the athlete’s physical skills. Results The athletic skills of the throwers in both groups did not significantly differ after exposing to training programs (p > 0.05). Similarly, the outcome demonstrated that following the training regimens, there was no noticeable difference in the longest distance reached by the throwers of the same group. (p > 0.05). Results further revealed that the mobile fitness application-assisted exercises made significant improvement in the athletes’ strength, power, endurance, speed, coordination, flexibility, and agility; however, it did not improve the balance and agility of the athletes. The training program using an application have better improvement than the regular training program. Hence, better improvement on these skills could have led to better throwing ability. Conclusions Our findings suggest that mobile fitness application-assisted exercise improves the athletes’ strength, power, speed, coordination, flexibility, and throwing skills in throwing events. The physical education teachers may recommend using the mobile fitness application-assisted exercise to enhance the physical skills of the athletes and to improve their performance in throwing events.</jats:p>