European championship preparation analysis of national women under 16 and under 18 basketball teams
| Author | Affiliation | |
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Garbašauskaitė, Inga | ||
Stanislovaitienė, Jūratė | ||
Stanislovaitis, Aleksas | ||
Pliauga, Vytautas | Kauno technologijos universitetas | |
Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas. Medicinos akademija. Sporto institutas |
| Date |
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2016-04-27 |
ISBN 978-609-8040-96-8.
Background. Preparation of national team requires a complex training of motor abilities, energy supply systems as well as control of proper recovery and training load. It has been found that decrease in the performance of athlete is often associated with an imbalance between workload and recovery period (Mazon et al., 2015). The external load of players per game consists of up to 1,000 different actions (defence, sprints, changes of direction, jumps, walking, etc.) (Abdelkrim et al., 2010). The purpose of the study was to analyse and compare national women under 16 (WU16) and under 18 (WU18) basketball teams European Championship preparation strategies. Methods. Fourteen WU16 players and fourteen WU18 players were preparing for European Championship for 5 weeks. WU 16 had an experimental microcycle that included combination of various training stimuli within a 1-week microcycle (power, anaerobic endurance, aerobic endurance and recovery) when every training session was based on specific goal. Training stimuli were distinguished by drill duration and intensity, while the majority of drills were basketball specific. WU18 had no strict distinction between the training sessions and the training sessions consisted of mixed training stimuli per session. Vertical countermovement jumps height, agility and 20 meters sprint were measured before and after the preparation. Results. After 5 weeks of training, WU16 achieved significant increases by 12.94% in vertical jumping, 6.8% in 20 meters sprint and 12.45% (p < .05) in agility, whereas WU18 exhibited insignificant improvements of only 2.12, 0.37% and 0.33% alike. Moreover, WU16 total volume of training was 63 hours when WU18 108 hours. Conclusions. We conclude that 5 weeks of experimental periodization resulted in enhanced power, speed and agility production. Accordingly, to enable athletes to achieve a maximal performance at a desired time, it is necessary to strictly contr[...].