EFFECT OF TRAINING ON THE REPEATED SPRINTS ABILITY IN BASKETBALL ATHLETES: INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM STATISTICS?

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was verify the chronic training effect on the repeated sprints ability (RSA) in basketball athlete and later, compare the individual’s statistics with those of the team. The sample investigated was constituted of 8 state-level adult basketball athletes (21,5 ± 2,0 years; 1,70 ± 0,42 m; 68,0 ± 8,3 kg). The research was conducted in begin and end of 4 weeks of preseason (28 training sessions). Was assessed RSA by RAST test calculation best performance of sprint (RSAbest) and the mean performance of the sprints (RSAmean). No difference were found between before and after training in RSAbest (p= 0.146; d= -0.78, 90% CI [0.90]) and RSAmean (p= 0.220; d= -0.58, 90%IC [0.81]). 2 athletes showed to got worse in RSAbest, 2 moderate improvement, 1 large and 3 subjects very large improvement. On the RSAmean 2 showed to got worse, 1 moderate improvement, 4 large improvement and 1 very large improvement. It is concluded that average female basketball team analyzed no significant showed to improvement in RSA, however, when the athletes were analyzed individually, 75% them were responsive to the proposed intervention.