- Title
- The effects of frontal- and sagittal-plane plyometrics on change-of-direction speed and power in adolescent female basketball players
- Creator
- McCormick, Brian; Hannon, James; Newton, Maria; Shultz, Barry; Detling, Nicole; Young, Warren
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/100335
- Identifier
- vital:10522
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2015-0058
- Identifier
- ISSN:1555-0265
- Abstract
- Plyometrics is a popular training modality for basketball players to improve power and change-of-direction speed. Most plyometric training has used sagittal-plane exercises, but improvements in change-of-direction speed have been greater in multi direction programs. Purpose: To determine the benefits of a 6-wk frontal-plane plyometric (FPP) training program compared with a 6-wk sagittal-plane plyometric (SPP) training program with regard to power and change-of-direction speed. Methods: Fourteen female varsity high school basketball players participated in the study. Multiple 2 x 2 repeated-measures ANOVAs were used to determine differences for the FPP and SPP groups from preintervention to postintervention on 4 tests of power and 2 tests of change-of-direction speed. Results: There was a group main effect for time in all 6 tests. There was a significant group x time interaction effect in 3 of the 6 tests. The SPP improved performance of the countermovement vertical jump more than the FPP, whereas the FPP improved performance of the lateral hop (left) and lateral-shuffle test (left) more than the SPP. The standing long jump, lateral hop (right), and lateral-shuffle test (right) did not show a significant interaction effect. Conclusions: These results suggest that basketball players should incorporate plyometric training in all planes to improve power and change-of-direction speed.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics, Inc
- Relation
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Vol. 11, no. 1 (2016), p. 102-107
- Rights
- Copyright © 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Agility; Girls' basketball; Vertical jump; Lateral shuffle; Horizontal jump
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