Training jump ability in the basketball player: a review

Basketball is considered an intermittent sport, where players alternate between low, medium and high intensity actions and, therefore, both aerobic and anaerobic metabolism is used. One of the most decisive actions during competition is the jump ability, since it is utilized by players to execute sp...

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Authors: San Román Quintana, Jaime, Calleja González, Julio, Casamichana Gómez, David, Castellano Paulis, Julen
Format: article
Publication Date:2011
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)
Repository:RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/6306
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10952/6306
https://doi.org/10.12800/ccd.v6i16.32
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Baloncesto
Entrenamiento
Basketball
Jump ability
Training
Capacidad de salto
Fatigue
Fatiga
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Summary:Basketball is considered an intermittent sport, where players alternate between low, medium and high intensity actions and, therefore, both aerobic and anaerobic metabolism is used. One of the most decisive actions during competition is the jump ability, since it is utilized by players to execute specific actions during the offensive and defensive game, which suggests that this ability is a major factor in the success of this sport. Therefore, jump training for basketball players decisive in the overall game performance