Effects of a six-week plyometric training program on balance, jumping ability, and between-leg asymmetry in young adult basketball players

  1. Daniel Zafón Chulia 1
  2. Enrique Moreno-Manas 1
  3. Salvador Llana Belloch 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Journal:
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE

ISSN: 1988-5202

Year of publication: 2025

Volume: 20

Issue: 2

Pages: 606-619

Type: Article

DOI: 10.55860/MBEWNN78 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Improving balance, jumping ability and unilateral actions is of great importance in basketball. The key question is how to get it. Eighteen amateur basketball players (age: 23 ± 2.8 years; height: 185.3 ± 0.064 m; body mass: 85.2 ± 9.9 kg) participated in this study and were divided into the experimental group (n = 10) or a control group (n = 8). The following metrics were recorded one week before and one week after the training program: anthropometric measurements, Y-Balance, Standing Stork, ankle dorsiflexion range of motion, arm-inclusive bilateral-vertical countermovement jump, unilateral 0.2-m drop jump, and Triple-Hop tests. The experimental group underwent a moderate-intensity six-week plyometric training program which included bilateral and unilateral jumps, some performed consecutively and others with rest between jumps. Results indicate that right ankle ROM improve 9.8% (p = .012), YBT Right Anterior (6.4%; 0.063) and YBT Left Posteromedial (6.2%; 0.010). In jumping ability, RSI left improve of 18.6% (p = .019), DJ Height Left (13.1%; 0.037) and DJ Height Right (11%; 0.025). Regards asymmetry the only statistically significant improvement occurs in the Ankle ROM test, with an improvement of 60.8% (p = .017).

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