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Article

Training on Sand or Parquet: Impact of Pre-Season Training on Jumping, Sprinting, and Change of Direction Performance in Professional Basketball Players

by
Jo-Lâm Vuong
*,
Johanna Heil
,
Nina Breuer
,
Matthaios Theodoropoulos
,
Nicola Volk
,
Antonia Edel
and
Alexander Ferrauti
Department of Training and Exercise Science, Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(14), 8518; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148518
Submission received: 19 June 2023 / Revised: 21 July 2023 / Accepted: 22 July 2023 / Published: 23 July 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Physical Training on Exercise Performance)
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of combined change of direction (CoD) and plyometric training on sand in basketball players’ jump, sprint, and CoD performances. In total, twenty-five male professional basketball players (age, 24.1 ± 4.2 years; height, 192.5 ± 8.0 cm; body mass, 92.6 ± 11.6 kg) participated in a pre-season intervention study over seven weeks, where two teams completed an identical speed training protocol, either on sand or on a hard surface, while a third team served as the control. All participants followed their regular pre-season training, while the intervention groups additionally performed the training protocol twice weekly. A repeated-measures ANOVA (rANOVA) showed significant interaction effects on the countermovement jump (F = 14.90, p < 0.001), pivot–step–jump test (F = 8.09, p = 0.002), 10 m sprint time (ST) (F = 4.18, p = 0.050), and 20 m ST (F = 8.49, p = 0.002). Moreover, an rANOVA showed significant interaction effects for the CoD performance regarding total time (F = 5.70, p = 0.010) and average velocity prior to the CoD (F = 8.40, p = 0.002) and after the CoD (F = 3.89, p = 0.036). As such, the findings suggest that sand-based training elicits kinematic adaptations, increased muscle activation, and a shift towards concentric force development that all contribute to enhanced athletic capabilities.
Keywords: change of direction; agility; speed training; sand training change of direction; agility; speed training; sand training

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Vuong, J.-L.; Heil, J.; Breuer, N.; Theodoropoulos, M.; Volk, N.; Edel, A.; Ferrauti, A. Training on Sand or Parquet: Impact of Pre-Season Training on Jumping, Sprinting, and Change of Direction Performance in Professional Basketball Players. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 8518. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148518

AMA Style

Vuong J-L, Heil J, Breuer N, Theodoropoulos M, Volk N, Edel A, Ferrauti A. Training on Sand or Parquet: Impact of Pre-Season Training on Jumping, Sprinting, and Change of Direction Performance in Professional Basketball Players. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(14):8518. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148518

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Vuong, Jo-Lâm, Johanna Heil, Nina Breuer, Matthaios Theodoropoulos, Nicola Volk, Antonia Edel, and Alexander Ferrauti. 2023. "Training on Sand or Parquet: Impact of Pre-Season Training on Jumping, Sprinting, and Change of Direction Performance in Professional Basketball Players" Applied Sciences 13, no. 14: 8518. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148518

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Vuong, J.-L., Heil, J., Breuer, N., Theodoropoulos, M., Volk, N., Edel, A., & Ferrauti, A. (2023). Training on Sand or Parquet: Impact of Pre-Season Training on Jumping, Sprinting, and Change of Direction Performance in Professional Basketball Players. Applied Sciences, 13(14), 8518. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148518

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