The effect of pliometric training on vertical jump performance in young basket athletes

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of plyometric training (TP) on vertical jump in young basketball athletes. 39 athletes participated, divided into two experimental groups (male - GEM and female - GEF) and two control groups (male - GCM and female - GCF). The My Jump app quantified the height of the jump from the flight time. For data analysis, the repeated measures annotation, Cohen effect size (TE) and the inference based on magnitude were used, with a significance level (p≤ 0.05). The results indicate that GEM and GCM showed significant improvements in countermovement jump (CMJ) and squart jump (SJ). The GEF and GCF showed significant differences in the SJ with an interaction effect, in the CMJ only the GEF showed improvements with an interaction effect. In TE, GEM showed greater effects in CMJ and SJ when compared to GCM, in GEF, TE was greater only in CMJ in relation to GCF. Qualitative responses showed that TP is probably beneficial in GEM, whereas in GEF, it showed that it is probably beneficial in SJ and most likely beneficial in CMJ. It is concluded that the TP promoted positive effects in the GEM and GEF, both in the CMJ and in the SJ. In the control groups, both achieved significant improvements in the SJ, but in the CMJ, only the GCM showed an increase. Furthermore, the results were greater in GEM and GEF compared to GCM and GCF. Thus, TP is indicated to enhance the vertical jump in young basketball athletes.