@article {2596,
	title = {Effects of two different short-term training programs on the physical and technical abilities of adolescent basketball players},
	journal = {Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2007},
	note = {Cited By (since 1996):12Export Date: 9 November 2014},
	month = {2007},
	pages = {79 - 88},
	abstract = {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 {\textpm} 0.5 years; Tanner stage: 3.5 {\textpm} 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 {\textpm} 1.8\%) and MX (4.9 {\textpm} 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 {\textpm} 5\%) and MX (15 {\textpm} 6\%). Trunk muscle endurance was equally increased (SP: 23 {\textpm} 4\%, MX: 25 {\textpm} 5\%), but arms endurance was improved significantly more after MX (50 {\textpm} 11\%) compared to SP (11 {\textpm} 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. {\textcopyright} 2006 Sports Medicine Australia.},
	keywords = {Aerobic, Anaerobic, Sport-specific training},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847175218\&partnerID=40\&md5=46eb5a0fd7743af70bcc42eb548eeb68},
	author = {Bogdanis, G.C. and Ziagos, V. and Anastasiadis, M. and M Maridaki}
}
