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Effects of two different short-term training programs on the physical and technical abilities of adolescent basketball players . This study evaluated and compared the effectiveness of two different off-season , short-term basketball training programs on physical and technical abilities of young basketball players . Twenty-seven adolescent basketball players ( 14.7+/-0.5 years ; Tanner stage : 3.5+/-0.5 ) were randomly divided into a specialized basketball training group ( SP , n=10 ) , a mixed basketball plus conditioning training group ( MX , n=10 ) and a control group ( n=7 ) . Training included five sessions per week ( 100-120 min each ) and was performed for 4 weeks . Maximal oxygen uptake was similarly improved after SP ( 4.9+/-1.8 % ) and MX ( 4.9+/-1.4 % ) , but there was no effect on ventilatory threshold . Peak and mean power output measured during the Wingate test were also improved by a similar magnitude after SP ( 21+/-5 % ) and MX ( 15+/-6 % ) . Trunk muscle endurance was equally increased ( SP : 23+/-4 % , MX : 25+/-5 % ) , but arms endurance was improved significantly more after MX ( 50+/-11 % ) compared to SP ( 11+/-14 % , p < 0.05 ) . Performance in four basketball technical skills was similarly increased ( by 17-27 % ) in both groups , with a tendency for greater improvement of the SP groups in the technical skills of shooting and passing . These results indicate that a SP basketball training program , performed exclusively on-court was as effective as a MX training program in terms of aerobic and anaerobic fitness improvement . Furthermore , the decrease of the total on-court training time in the MX group resulted in a tendency for a smaller improvement of basketball technical skills . In conclusion , both SP and MX training are equally effective in order to limit and/or reverse the detraining effects that occur during the off-season in basketball .
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Intervention_Physical
short-term training programs
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Intervention_Physical
off-season , short-term basketball training programs
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Intervention_Physical
specialized basketball training group
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Intervention_Physical
a mixed basketball plus conditioning training group
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Intervention_Control
control group
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Intervention_Physical
Training
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Outcome_Physical
Maximal oxygen uptake
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Outcome_Physical
ventilatory threshold
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Outcome_Physical
Peak and mean power output
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Outcome_Physical
Trunk muscle endurance
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Outcome_Physical
arms endurance
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Outcome_Mental
Performance
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Outcome_Other
basketball technical skills
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Outcome_Mental
shooting and passing
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Participant_Condition
young basketball players .