ZTE Zalaegerzseg Football Club traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Their league history began in 1924 when they joined the Hungarian second division. ZTE has provided several players to both the national and the national youth team, as well as the Olympic team. The team has earned titles like the Hungarian League championships and the Hungarian Cup and has played several seasons in the European Champions and the European League.
The renovated base of ZTE Arena came into use in September of 2016, and for the new facilities ZTE chose HUR products to do high speed and rehabilitation training. The pneumatic system provides the ability to execute quick movements with a heavy load but without inertia. According the Head of Physiotherapy of ZTE ,Tamas Poka, the HUR Force Platform gives an objective help on rehabilitation and clear picture how the players improve in jumping and landing abilities at the Training and Rehab centre of ZTE Football Club.
“In every half season we make the measurements with the platform so we can score the players, and we see if there is a need to work more with them in this area. We have also a research group, where we make a 6 week plyometric training to improve their strength and jumping abilities“, Poka explains. They do the activities in different groups; one plyometric group, one group who does myofascial stretching and correction exercises, and one control group who does regular exercises. “We measure counter movement, squat jump abilities both two legs and half leg, so we can follow their improvements. We also check their landing datas in order to prevent the incidence of ankle sprains in the games.
On the rehabilitation side we make the same measures, also with the balance tests, isometric force test, and the functional test as well. There is a correlation between the maximal isometric force tests and jump test, in every rehabilitation phase we make measures especially in ACL ruptures and muscle strains. If the functions and the test results are okay and there is no difference or just a minimal difference between the two legs, then we can go to the next step” Tamas Poka continues
