Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Προπονητικό πεδίοLibrary of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science
Supervisors info:
Κωστόπουλος Νικόλαος (Επιβλέπων) (Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Προπονησιολογίας Καλαθοσφαίρισης Σ.Ε.Φ.Α.Α., Ε.Κ.Π.Α.)
Ζαχαράκης Εμμανουήλ (Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Προπονησιολογίας Καλαθοσφαίρισης, Σ.Ε.Φ.Α.Α., Ε.Κ.Π.Α.)
Θεοδώρου Απόστολος (Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Αθλητικά Άλματα, Σ.Ε.Φ.Α.Α., Ε.Κ.Π.Α.)
Original Title:
Η επίδραση ενός παρεμβατικού προγράμματος ενδυνάμωσης στη γενική και ειδική αλματική ικανότητα νεαρών καλαθοσφαιριστριών, ηλικίας 14 ετών
Translated title:
"The impact of a training program on the general and specific jumping ability of a young female basketball players, aged 14 years"
Summary:
Basketball is a physically demanding sport, whose successful performance depends on a number of fundamental physical skills, including acceleration, quickness, strength, jumping and power. Vertical jumping is one of the fundamental motions performed during a basketball game. All the actions involving jumps and general jumping ability are affected by a range of different factors pertinent to the game of basketball. These factors convert general jumping ability to specific jumping ability. Most studies place emphasis on general strength and improvement of general jumping ability. None of these, however, consider the demands/motions that are particular to the sport or evaluate their effect on specific abilities. The planning of optimum training programs aiming at the improvement of both general and sport specific jumping ability are of primar importance for basketball coaches and sports scientists and must be evaluated distinctively. The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of a training program on improving the general and sport specific jumping ability of young female basketball players, aged 14 years, through an eight-week training program. The low impact plyometric program included bodyweight bearing exercises of general and specific nature, which can be performed in any sports venue, without requiring expensive equipment. It is the first study to compare both general and sport specific jumping tests and to investigate the effect on both. The intervention improved both the general and sport specific jumping ability of young athletes at the experimental group, in contrast to the control group, which did not demonstrate any statistically significant difference. The general jumping test Countermovement jump, one leg (CMJR-CMJL) was the one with the greatest improvement. Sport specific jumping ability associated with jumping following an approach run was not significantly improved, suggesting that greater proportion of targeted exercises are required for this discipline. The present research forms a basis on which coaches and trainers may rely, in order to improve training adaptations of young female basketball athletes, and pursue further investigation for the impact of low impact plyometric training on the jumping ability of young female basketball players.
Main subject category:
Education - Sport science
Keywords:
basketball, general jumping ability, sport specific jumping ability, young female
Number of references:
217
