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To compare the effects of horizontal-unilateral versus vertical-bilateral plyometric jump training on sprinting, jumping, change of direction, and dynamic balance in elite youth basketball players.

July 28, 2018European Journal of Sport Science

Influence of force‐vector and force application plyometric training in young elite basketball players

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ÓGÓliver Gonzalo‐SkokUniversidad Loyola Andalucía JSJorge Sánchez‐SabatéUniversidad San Jorge LILuis Izquierdo‐LupónUniversidad San Jorge

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Randomized trial demonstrates unilateral-horizontal plyometric training improves sprint and change-of-direction performance in elite youth basketball players, suggesting direction-specific benefits.

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To compare the effects of horizontal-unilateral versus vertical-bilateral plyometric jump training on sprinting, jumping, change of direction, and dynamic balance in elite youth basketball players.
Twenty young male elite basketball players (U-13 to U-14; age 13.2 ± 0.7 years) were randomly assigned to a unilateral-horizontal group (UH, n = 10) or a bilateral-vertical group (BV, n = 10).
Both groups completed 60 to 100 jumps per session, twice per week over a 6-week training intervention.
Outcomes included linear sprint times, vertical and horizontal jumps, change-of-direction tests (V-cut and 5+5 m 180°), ankle dorsiflexion, and dynamic balance tests.
Both training interventions induced substantial within-group improvements in unilateral vertical and horizontal jumping, V-cut agility, and right-leg posterolateral dynamic balance (effect size [ES]: 0.31–1.01).
The UH group also showed substantial improvements in all sprinting times and left-leg posterolateral balance (ES: 0.33–0.78), whereas the BV group improved left-leg anterior dynamic balance (ES: 0.25).
Between-group comparisons revealed substantially greater improvements in 10-m sprint times and V-cut change-of-direction performance in the UH group compared to the BV group (ES: 0.33).

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Gonzalo‐Skok et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f24d68031ec7bb1db9d9f https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2018.1502357

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Randomized trial demonstrates unilateral-horizontal plyometric training improves sprint and change-of-direction performance in elite youth basketball players, suggesting direction-specific benefits.

Influence of force‐vector and force application plyometric training in young elite basketball players

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