<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bogdanis, G.C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ziagos, V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anastasiadis, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M Maridaki</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effects of two different short-term training programs on the physical and technical abilities of adolescent basketball players</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aerobic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anaerobic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sport-specific training</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847175218&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=46eb5a0fd7743af70bcc42eb548eeb68</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">79 - 88</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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 &lt; 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. © 2006 Sports Medicine Australia.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cited By (since 1996):12Export Date: 9 November 2014</style></notes></record></records></xml>