Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to compare 8 weeks different explosive strength training program on some physiological and physical parameters of 15- 17 years old male basketball players. 36 players, as experimental group 12 players trained with loading, 12 players trained with their own body weight , 12 players as control gro-up have contributed to this research. The experimental groups performed both explosive strength training and technical training for a period of 3 days a week for 8 weeks. However, control group only performed the techni-cal training during this time. In order to evaluate the results, the arithmetic average of the pre and post training tests (X) and standard deviation, percentage variation and ANOVA tests were made by using S.P.S.S 10.0 statistic program. At the end of the training, according to the result of body fat percentage the significant difference was found between the own body weight group and the control group (p<0.05). Between experimental groups, there were no significant differences according to vertical jump and horizontal jump (p>0.05). But, their values were significantly higher than control group (p<0.05). However; in respect to vertical jump only loading group significantly performed higher values than control group (p<0.05). Moreover, loading group performed significantly higher scores than own body weight group and the control group according to medicine ball test (p<0.05). But, there were not significant differences among groups in respect to RHR (resting heart rate), box jumps by both legs, 30 m sprint and 30 s shuttle tests (p>0.05).

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