Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of supplementary complex training on muscular fitness in young female basketball players. Twenty-four young female basketball players volunteered for this study. They were divided into two groups, control group and experimental group (n=10/each group). The control group performed a regular basketball training only whereas the experimental group underwent the course of the supplementary complex training with regular basketball training. The experimental group trained twice a week for six weeks. Leg muscular strength, leg muscular power, speed and agility were measured before and after 6 weeks of training. The obtained data were expressed in terms of means and standard deviations and analyzed using paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test. The results indicated that: After 6 weeks of training, percentage of development of the leg muscular power, leg muscular power, speed and agility of the experimental group were improved significantly compared to before training. No such differences were observed in the control group. After 6 weeks of the experiment, percentage of development of the leg muscular power and speed of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group. In conclusion, the six-week of supplementary complex training in this study was able to increase muscular fitness in young female basketball players.