Introduction of specific exercises and directed recovery techniques for improving effort capacity in training of adolescent basketball players

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study is to show the importance of introducing in training, of some effort exercises, as well as some recovery techniques (global postural exercises and relaxation techniques), in order to increase the effort capacity in adolescents which practices basketball. Methods: We included in the study a number of 27 subjects, aged between 14 and 18, who practice basketball, divided into 3 groups: a group that participated in the regular basketball training; a group that, in addition to the regular training, had complete an exercise program aimed to increase the effort capacity; and a group that, in addition to those specified in group 2, followed a recovery program that consisted of global postural exercises (Souchard Method) and Jacobson Relaxation Technique. The effort capacity was assessed by the Harvard Test and the Ruffier Index. Results: Group 2 and 3, which had specific exercises for effort training, had superior results compared to the first group, with a slight increase for Group 3, which shows the benefits of directed recovery to increase exercise capacity. Conclusions: The introduction of specific exercises increases the capacity of effort in adolescents who practice basketball, to a greater extent than in those who are provided in the training program only with elements of the game of basketball. In other words, the introduction of global postural exercises and relaxation techniques in addition to the exercises for the increase of the effort capacity, determines a positive influence on the efficiency to effort of the adolescents practicing basketball.

Keywords

• basketball
• effort
• guided recovery
• adolescents