Warm-up is an efficient strategy to prevent diurnal variation of short-term maximal performance in young basketball players

ZELENOVIĆ, Milan, Titta KONTRO, Denis ČAUŠEVIĆ, Bojan BJELICA, Nikola AKSOVIĆ and Zoran MILANOVIC. Warm-up is an efficient strategy to prevent diurnal variation of short-term maximal performance in young basketball players. CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. UNITED STATES: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2024, vol. 41, No 3, p. 439-446. ISSN 0742-0528. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2024.2313646.

Basic information

• Original name: Warm-up is an efficient strategy to prevent diurnal variation of short-term maximal performance in young basketball players
• Name in Czech: Rozcvička je účinná strategie, jak zabránit denním výkyvům krátkodobého maximálního výkonu u mladých basketbalistů
• Authors: ZELENOVIĆ, Milan (70 Bosnia and Herzegovina), Titta KONTRO (246 Finland), Denis ČAUŠEVIĆ (70 Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bojan BJELICA (70 Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nikola AKSOVIĆ (688 Serbia) and Zoran MILANOVIC (688 Serbia, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, UNITED STATES, TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2024, 0742-0528.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 30306 Sport and fitness sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.800 in 2022
• Organization unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2024.2313646
• UT WoS: 001162607000001
• Keywords (in Czech): Basketballdiurnal effectphysical performanceteam sport
• Keywords in English: Basketball; diurnal effect; physical performance; team sport

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate: 1) whether there were morning-to-evening differences in short-term maximal performance and 2) the impact of prolonged and specific warm-up on short-term maximal performance diurnal variations in young basketball players. Fifteen basketball players of both sexes (Male = 8; Female = 7; age: 14.4 ± 0.46 yr; weight: 64.7 ± 7.1 kg; height: 175.2 ± 6.6 cm; BMI: 21.1 ± 1.9 kg/m2) completed the following short-term maximal performance tests: CMJ with and without arm swing, Lane Agility Drill, Zig-Zag agility test with and without the ball, Sprint 20 m with and without the ball with the passage at 5 and 10 m. All tests were performed after the 15-min standard warm-up procedure (with static stretching) and/or 25-min specific warm-up (with prolonged running and dynamic stretching) in the morning and evening. Vertical jumping tests and all change-of-direction speed tests (with and without a ball) with superior responses were achieved in the evening after standard warm-up among all participants (p < 0.05). In contrast, superior short-term maximal performance was observed in the morning after prolonged and specific warm-up protocol (p < 0.05). It was concluded that specific and prolonged warm-up protocols are suitable strategy to prevent diurnal variation in short-term maximal performance in young basketball players.