RE-WARM-UP AT HALF-TIME INCREASES AGILITY IN BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The cross-over study aimed to investigate the effects of re-warm-up at half-time on agility in basketball players. Ten male basketball players aged 18-22 years old of Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Sean Campus were recruited in this study. The subjects participated in a full basketball match. During half-time, the subjects performed a re-warm-up program and rest by sitting. Both the agility was recorded prior before the match, after the first half, before the second half and after the match. The results were analyzed with pair t-test at p<0.05

The results showed that there was significantly different in heart rate between groups. (142.65±3.86 vs 121.83±2.16 bpm, respectively). The agility before the second half of re-warm-up group was significantly higher than rest group (16.752±0.180 vs 16.972±0.188 s, respectively). These findings suggest that re-warm-up group had a better heart rate at half-time than rest group and re-warm-up group had a better agility at before second half than rest group.