The Effect of Training Method and Motivation to Increase VO_2Max of Basketball Players

摘要

VO_2Max is the maximum capacity of a person's body to take in and use oxygen during exercise training. The purpose of this research is to know: (1) the difference in the effects between circuit training and fartlek training on the increase of VO_2Max, (2) the difference in the effect between high and low motivation on the increase VO_2Max, and (3) the interaction between the training method and the motivation on the increase of VO_2Max. The study population in this case was basketball, using extracurricular participants of DIY Province. The instrument used to measure the motivation was a motivation questionnaire and the VO_2Max's level was measured by using a multistage fitness test. The results of our research were as follows: (1) there was no significant difference in the influence between circuit training and fartlek training on the increase of VO_2Max, circuit and fartlek training users have the same influences as well on the increase of VO_2Max of basketball extracurricular participants. (2) There was a different influence between levels of high and low motivation on the increase VO_2Max of basketball extracurricular participants. Thosewho has a high motivation level gave a better influence than those who had a low motivation level on the increase of VO_2Max. (3) There was no correlation between high and low motivation on the increase VO_2Max.