INFLUENCE OF MATCH FATIGUE ON COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMP PERFORMANCE IN WOMEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS

摘要

Fatigue of the central nervous system in a match leads to the influence of several motor skills. However, little is known about the effect of match fatigue on post-match countermovement jump performance. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 12 women basketball players from the UMB Banská Bystrica university basketball team. The mean age of the group was 23 (SD ± 2.69). A mean height for basketball players was 174.69 cm (SD ± 2.69) and a mean weight was 65 kg (SD ± 9.14). METHODS: Women basketball players were tested before and after the match. A countermovement jump was used for testing. Countermovement jump is a practical, valid, and reliable method for measuring the explosive power of the lower body. Performance in a countermovement jump is associated with maximum speed, maximum strength a explosive power. The countermovement jump was tested using OptoJump. RESULTS: The mean result countermovement jump before the match was 28.14 cm (SD ± 4.55). The mean result after the match was 30.2 cm (SD ± 5.50). There was a significant difference after the match in favor of post-match performance testing (p-0.03) CONCLUSION: Better countermovement jump performance was recorded after the match. Fatigue of the central nervous system during the match did not lead to a negative effect on the performance of the countermovement jump.