Khudair, M. (Mohammed) (2019) To resistance train or not: The practices of trainers of Dutch adolescent basketball players. thesis, Sport Sciences.
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the programming practices and different types of resistance training in trainers of basketball players across adolescence. A questionnaire was distributed nation-wide to trainers of adolescent basketball players in the Netherlands, asking them whether they applied resistance training with their players and how they used different inter- and intra-session variables in program prescription. The responses were stratified by different age categories that likely correspond to different maturity status – early-, mid- and late adolescence, and adults. Forty-five trainers responded to the questionnaire. Twelve (26.7%) of the respondents did not apply any resistance training with their players. In the remaining 33 respondents, a significant difference was found between age categories in application (Chi2=43.87; df=3; p<0.001) and in intensity of resistance training (Chi2=14.57; df=6; p=0.024), where resistance training was prescribed more and at higher intensity to older players. Significant differences were found between the reported intra-session variables and recommended intra-session variables in the literature. Body mass-based and plyometric training were more popular than other types of resistance training. The results suggest an underuse of resistance training in Dutch adolescent basketball players. The respondents seem to practice caution when prescribing resistance training to adolescent players at the earlier stages of adolescence. It is suggested that basketball trainers consider applying organized resistance training as an important component in basketball training and to prescribe RT programs of low-moderate volume (2–4 sets/exercise, ≤6 repetitions/set) and high intensity (≥85% of max capacity) and long resting periods (2-4 minutes per set)
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Elferink-Gemser, dr. M.T. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2022 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 23 May 2022 08:39 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3415 |
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