When playing basketball, players are required to have high explosive power, which requires the ability to move in efficient, specific, and game-specific movement patterns that combine both horizontal and vertical abilities. Differences have been seen between young male and female basketball players in this measure. The aim of this study was to examine differences in players' unique movements by gender, age, and playing positions using a novel test for basketball players.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe game of basketball is characterized by short and intense bouts of activity at medium to high frequency. Basketball entails specific types of movements, physiological requirements and energy sources. The duration of physiological responses involving ATP, CP and glycolysis responses to this type of activity is 5-6 seconds for a single sprint, and a contribution of the aerobic system is of less than 10%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The present study was designed to compare the effects of post-activation potentiation (PAP) protocols on explosive activities of trained young athletes.
Methods: Twenty-six young team sport players (handball, N.=12; basketball, N.
J Strength Cond Res
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The purpose of this study was to determine the repeated sprint ability (RSA) of young (16.9 ± 0.5 years) soccer players at different game stages.
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This study compared between performance indices of repeated sprint tests (RSTs) (12 x 20 m) during different stages of basketball game. Twelve young (17 +/- 0.5 year) basketball players performed three RSTs (after a warm-up, at half-time and after a full game) and aerobic power test, each on different days.
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