The effect of the crossfit style on the explosive ability and combined jump shooting skill of young basketball players

Abstract

The research aims to prepare CrossFit-style exercises for young basketball players, and to identify the impact of CrossFit-style exercises to develop some bio-motor capabilities and offensive skills for youth basketball players. As for the research hypotheses, there is a positive effect of crossfit-style training in developing some bio-motor abilities and offensive skills for young basketball players. There are statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests in developing some physical abilities and complex offensive skills. In favor of the post-tests, the two experimental research groups included either the research methodology and field procedures. The researcher used the experimental method and the sample was distributed into two groups with (7) players for each group. The first group carried out CrossFit exercises and the second carried out coach exercises. The prescribed curriculum was applied to the groups for a period of (8) weeks, with three units per week on Saturday, Monday and Thursday, and after completing the implementation of the curriculum. The experimental tests and post-measurements were conducted following the same procedures that were adopted in the pre-tests, after which the results were processed statistically. The researcher concluded that CrossFit exercises have a positive effect in developing the bio-motor capabilities and offensive skills of young basketball players. He recommends adopting the proposed CrossFit exercises that were applied to basketball players when training. Levels corresponding to the level of the research sample. Conducting similar and complementary applied research according to the CrossFit exercise system on basketball players of other age groups in order to improve the level of some of their physical abilities and offensive skill.