Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to develop a plyometric training program on
physical fitness of female basketball players, and to compare physical fitness of
female basketball players who studying in universities in Nakhon Pathom province before and after the experiment with the post-tests at 4th and 8th weeks. The sample selected by purposive sampling consisted of 28 female basketball players who were studying in the universities in Nakhon Pathom province, academic year 2020. They were divided into two groups. The experimental group contained 14 female basketball team players from Silpakorn University (Sanam Chandra Palace Campus), and the control group comprised 14 female basketball team players from Mahidol University. The experimental group had been practiced with plyometric training program on female basketball player performance. Data were collected by means of
physical fitness tests before the experiment, and after the experiment at 4th and 8th weeks. The Plyometric Quality Program was validated by the method of an expert seminar. The collected data from the plyometric training program on physical fitness were analyzed by one-way repeated-measures and compared physical performance in female basketball players between the experimental group and the control group using an independent sample t-test. The results of this research were as follows:
1. The developed plyometric program was found as an effective training
model with an acceptable accuracy at 1.00, The experiment also shed light on three key components of the program that should consist of: 1) principles and objectives,
2) plyometric training procedures: Warm-up, Principle of Training, Plyometric Intensity, Plyometric Frequency, Plyometric Volume, Cool-down, and Stretching, and 3) measurement and evaluation. which can be used in training and improving the physical performance of female basketball players;
2. The one-way covariance analysis results of physical fitness of the
experimental group and the control group after 8th week of the experiment showed: average analysis results of body fat percentage, body composition, flexibility of the muscles of the back and thighs, flexibility of trunk, muscle strength of arm, leg muscle strength, strength and power of the muscles of the arms and shoulders, leg muscle power, agility, speed, anaerobic energy performance measurement, and maximum aerobic energy efficiency of the experimental group reported significantly higher scores than the control group, p = .05
In conclusion, the plyometric program was found affected on physical fitness
of female basketball players; such as body fat percentage, body composition,
flexibility of the muscles of trunk, leg muscle strength, muscle strength of arm, leg muscle strength, strength and power of the muscles of the arms and shoulders, leg muscle power, agility, speed, anaerobic energy performance measurement.