Influence of Different Physical Training Capacity on Young Basketball Players Preparedness

Abstract

An initial training period remains relevant in managing sports preparedness, identifying the most important factors which determine the best young basketball players’ sports fitness and changes in the sports results. Constantly there is a scientific problem: what physical loads have to be chosen in order to achieve not only high results in sport, but also strengthen a child’s body. What is the scope and intensity of physical workload for different age groups and which of them are the most effective ones? The number of basketball practice training at different schools or even groups often vary depending on the fitness of players and their physical development. Reasons of increasing or decreasing the number of exercises in children sport are usually subjective and completely scientifically unfounded. For this reason, it was intended to find out what amount of exercise per week affects best children’s physical and technical fitness. Hypothesis: It is probable that one additional basketball workout per week will affect 11-14 year-olds physical and technical readiness, but will not influence their somatic physical development indicators. The aim of research: to determine how different physical loads for young players affect their somatic indicators, physical and technical fitness. The following research methods were used: physical fitness testing, technical fitness testing, mathematical statistical analysis. The study showed that in the majority of players, who were in an experimental group, height, weight and arm length indicators varied similarly, as in the control group. Therefore, the theoretical assumption that an extra amount of exercise does not make a significant impact on children’s anthropometric indicators of their physical development is confirmed. One academic year experiment showed that one extra week of basketball training had positive impact on 11, 13, 14 years old players physical performance – most of the indicators significantly improved or had tendencies for improvement. 12-year-olds basketball preparedness indicators of additional training did not change. This could lead to the fact that some of the educational methods were not properly chosen and or certain genetic characteristics of children development had influence as well. Keywords: training, physical load, preparedness, speed, agility DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/sm.2015.6