Effects of 4-month Basketball Training on Speed, Agility and Jump in Youth Basketball Players

Q: What is the main purpose of the study?

The study evaluates the effect of 4-month basketball training on speed, agility, and jump performance in youth male basketball players.

Q: How was training conducted during the study?

Participants trained basketball for 4 months, 3 days per week, with 90 minutes per day.

Q: Which tests were used to measure performance changes?

Performance was assessed using a 20 m sprint, Illinois agility test, and vertical and horizontal jump tests across multiple measurement periods.

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Study investigates how 4-month basketball training influences speed, agility, and jumping abilities in youth male basketball players. Fourteen volunteers in the youth category participated after parental consent. Training occurred 3 days per week for 90 minutes daily, followed by 20 m sprint, Illinois agility, and vertical and horizontal jump tests at first, second-month, and fourth-month sessions. One-way repeated measures ANOVA and Holm-Sidak comparisons were used to assess differences.

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African Educational Research Journal Vol. 8(2), pp. 417-421, June 2020 DOI: 10. 30918/AERJ.82.20.089 ISSN: 2354-2160 Full Length Research Paper Effects of 4-month basketball training on speed, agility and jumping in youth basketball players Elif Cengizel1*, Çağdaş Özgür Cengizel1 and Elvan Öz2 1 Department of Trainer Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Gazi University, Turkey. 2 Institute of Health Sciences, Gazi University, Turkey. Accepted 29 June, 2020 | ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of 4-month basketball training on speed, agility and jump in youth male basketball players. A total of 14 male basketball players from the youth category participated in the study voluntarily. Before the research, parents' consent documents were obtained from the parents of the players. The study included players who continued basketball training for 4 months. Subjects performed basketball training 3 days a week (90 min every day) . 20 m sprint, Illinois agility test, vertical and horizontal jump tests were applied in the research. Pre- , mid- , and post-test designs are used in measurements (First test, 2. month and 4. month), and they were carried out in three different test periods. One-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used to determine differences between measurements. The Holm-Sidak test was used to determine the differences between the groups (p < 0.05) . There was a significant difference between the measurements in the body height, body weights and horizontal jump of the subjects. In addition, an improvement in vertical jump, 20 m speed and agility performances were observed at the end of the 4th month. It was found that 4-month basketball training caused a significant increase in physical and motoric features seen in youth male basketball players. It is thought that the significant increase in speed, agility and vertical jump performance will occur after longer training sessions. It should also be remembered that growing up can affect the positive increase in performance.
Keywords: Basketball, speed, agility, jump, training. | | --- | | *Corresponding author. E-mail: [elifoz@gazi.edu.tr](elifoz@gazi.edu.tr). | INTRODUCTION As in all sports, the development of basic motor skills in basketball constitutes an indispensable part of the training practices. Developing basic motor skills is a prerequisite for sports success (Canlı, 2017) . Additionally, the development of basic motor skills is known to facilitate the application of technical and tactical facts (Mülazımoğlu, 2012) . Basketball is a sports discipline that includes different physical features and physiological capacities, and where players complete 4500 to 5000 m of distance in a competition with versatile movements such as running, dribbling, jumping. (Jon Torres-Unda et al. , 2016) . Perhaps basketball players don't need to have an extraordinary physiological capacity. However, especially senior players have a faster, more agile and better jump performance (Carvalho et al. , 2011) . The lower limb strength has a positive effect on the vertical jump height and the time to reach this point, and hence the shooting performance (Struzik et al. , 2014) . Previous research reported a strong relationship between vertical jump with maximum strength (Dawes et al. , 2016; Hoffman et al. , 1996) horizontal jump (Hoffman et al. , 1996) , sprint (Chaouachi et al. , 2009) and change of direction (Spiteriet al. , 2015) Although it is accepted that motor skills are at the forefront of basketball, it is difficult to judge regarding success only with a single criterion (Savas et al. , 2018) . Basketball, which is a one-to-one contact sport, involves skills that require maximum muscle strength such assprinting, jumping and changing direction (Suchomel et al. , 2016; Vamvakoudis et al. , 2007) . Although it is known that the physical attributes in basketball will differ according to the game positions of the players (D

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What is the main purpose of the study?

The study evaluates the effect of 4-month basketball training on speed, agility, and jump performance in youth male basketball players.

How was training conducted during the study?

Participants trained basketball for 4 months, 3 days per week, with 90 minutes per day.

Which tests were used to measure performance changes?

Performance was assessed using a 20 m sprint, Illinois agility test, and vertical and horizontal jump tests across multiple measurement periods.

Oct 15, 2026

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