dc.description | The aim of the study was to determine the effects of plyometric training on
the explosive power of the lower extremities, sprint and the change of
direction speed. The sample of the respondents consisted of 33 basketball
players of OKK "Stari Ras" and OKK "Novi Pazar" from Novi Pazar. The
respodents were divided into two groups: experimental group (E; n=16), age
(15.3±0.4years), body height (185.45±8.75cm), body weight
(76.87±11.51kg), with training experience (4.69±1.40years) and control
group (K; n=17), age (15.4±0.5years), body height (184.16±6.93cm), body
weight (73.68±11.70kg), with training experience (5.53±3.18years). The
experimental group consisted of basketball players from basketball team
OKK "Stari Ras", who in addition to the basic technical and tactical training,
also had plyometric training. The control group consisted of the basketball
players from basketball team OKK "Novi Pazar", who at that time had only
technical and tactical training. To assess the explosive power of the lower
extremities, were used: Squat Jump (SJ), Countermovement Jump (CMJ),
Drop Jump (DJ) and Countermovement Jump with Arm Swing (CMJ/AS).
For sprint assess: Sprint Speed at 5m (S5m), 10m (S10m) and 20m (F20m).
To assess the change of direction speed: Reactive Shuttle Test (RST), Lane
Arrow Closeout (LAC), Lane Agility Drill (LAD) and Modified 505 Test
(M505). The experimental program, which involves the use of plyometric
training, lasted for 10 weeks, and every week they conducted two training
sessions. Plyometric training lasted from 45min at the beginning of the
experiment to 70min at the end of the experiment. Each plyometric training
consisted of three parts: introduction, main and final part. The data obtained
by the procedure described above are processed by the statistical program
SPSS 19. To determine the effect of plyometric training on the motor skills
of basketball players, the analysis of covariance ANCOVA was used. The
results showed that after experimental treatment, E group achieved
significantly greater progress than group K in the following tests: SJ, CMJ,
DJ, S5m, S20m, RST, LAC and LAD. There was no difference between the
E and K groups on the CMJ/AS, S10m and M505 tests. Based on these
results, it can be concluded that the plyometric training had positive effects
on the development of explosive power of the lower extremities, sprint and
change of direction speed of young basketball players. | en |