Physiological Response to Sport-Specific Aerobic Interval Training in High School Male Basketball Players Research Completed
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Physiological Response to Sport-Specific Aerobic Interval Training in High School Male Basketball Players
Lead Author
Nick Stone
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Auckland University of Technology
Publication Year
2007
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Auckland University of Technology
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Abstract
It has been shown that a high level of aerobic fitness is important for athletes participating in intermittent (team) sports. The majority of studies investigating the effects of traditional and sport-specific aerobic interval exercise on physiological measures and performance have involved field-based team sports. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a basketball specific endurance circuit on improving measures of aerobic fitness. Ten male high school basketball players, ranked by fitness level and randomly assigned to a training group (N = 6) or control group (N = 4) participated in the study. The sport-specific aerobic endurance training replaced the fitness component of regular training and was performed during the competitive season. During this time the control group performed regular basketball training. There were no clear differences between effects of the two training approaches for measures of maximal oxygen uptake running economy, repeated sprint ability, and anaerobic power maintenance during the repeated sprints. However, a clear non-trivial effect on sub-maximal heart rate was observed suggesting a beneficial training effect after training. Some evidence for attenuation of speed and power was apparent. The author concludes that, although clear changes in sub-maximal HR responses were observed in the training group, the data in the present study suggests that a basketball specific endurance circuit has little effect on other laboratory and field-based measures of aerobic fitness. In fact, the basketball specific endurance circuit may lead to reduced improvements in jumping and sprinting performances. Further research is required to clarify the effect of aerobic training approaches on basketball-specific fitness and performance..
Keywords: aerobic fitness, team sports, specific fitness, training approach
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