A Training Program to Improve Neuromuscular and Performance Indices in Female High School Basketball Players

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank R Noyes ◽  
Sue D Barber-Westin ◽  
Stephanie T Smith ◽  
Thomas Campbell ◽  
Tiina T Garrison
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Performance Indices ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Female High School ◽  
And Performance

A Training Program to Improve Neuromuscular and Performance Indices in Female High School Soccer Players

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank R. Noyes ◽  
Sue D. Barber-Westin ◽  
Stephanie T. Tutalo Smith ◽  
Thomas Campbell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Performance Indices ◽  
Female High School ◽  
And Performance

Balance Improvements in Female High School Basketball Players after a 6-Week Neuromuscular-Training Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara C. Valovich McLeod ◽  
Travis Armstrong ◽  
Mathew Miller ◽  
Jamie L. Sauers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Neuromuscular Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Trained Group ◽  
High School Athletes ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Female High School

Context:Poor balance has been associated with increased injury risk among athletes. Neuromuscular-training programs have been advocated as a means of injury prevention, but little is known about the benefits of these programs on balance in high school athletes.Objective:To determine whether there are balance gains after participation in a neuromuscular-training program in high school athletes.Design:Nonrandomized controlled trial.Setting:All data were collected at each participating high school before and after a 6-wk intervention or control period.Participants:62 female high school basketball players recruited from the local high school community and assigned to a training (n = 37) or control (n = 25) group.Intervention:Training-group subjects participated in a 6-wk neuromuscular-training program that included plyo- metric, functional-strengthening, balance, and stability-ball exercises.Main Outcome Measures:Data were collected for the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) and Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) before and after the 6-wk intervention or control period.Results:The authors found a significant decrease in total BESS errors in the trained group at the posttest compared with their pretest and the control group (P = .003). Trained subjects also scored significantly fewer BESS errors on the single-foam and tandem-foam conditions at the posttest than the control group and demonstrated improvements on the single-foam compared with their pretest (P = .033). The authors found improvements in reach in the lateral, anteromedial, medial, and posterior directions in the trained group at the posttest compared with the control group (P < .05) using the SEBT.Conclusion:The study demonstrates that a neuromuscular-training program can increase the balance and proprioceptive capabilities of female high school basketball players and that clinical balance measures are sensitive to detect these differences.

A Training Program to Improve Neuromuscular Indices in Female High School Volleyball Players

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 2151-2160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank R Noyes ◽  
Sue D Barber-Westin ◽  
Stephanie T Smith ◽  
Thomas Campbell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Female High School

scholarly journals Stress, Coping, and Injuries in Male and Female High School Basketball Players

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. Rider ◽  
Robert A. Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Life Event Stress ◽  
Female High School ◽  
Event Stress

Past research has identified a positive relationship between life-event stress and football injuries, but research in other sports has yielded more ambiguous results. It seems, then, that the relation of life stress and injury may be sport-specific and that different sports must be studied separately before such a relationship is assumed. The present investigation examined the relationships among life-event stress, coping skills, social support, and injuries of male and female high school basketball players. Contrary to the hypothesis, the number of days missed due to injury was not significantly related to life-event stress. As expected, the injury measure was negatively correlated with both the coping-skills and social-support variables, but these correlations did not reach statistical significance. Recommendations for research are discussed.

Attitudes and Opinions of Female High School Athletes About Sports-Focused Mindfulness Training and Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Worthen ◽  
James K. Luiselli
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
High School Athletes ◽  
Mindfulness Skills ◽  
Mindfulness Practices ◽  
Female High School

Female high school athletes playing volleyball and soccer (N = 32) responded to a social validity questionnaire that inquired about their experiences with a sportfocused mindfulness training program. On average, the student-athletes rated most highly the effects of mindfulness training on emotional awareness and attention focusing, the contribution of mindfulness toward team play, the benefit of having coaches learn mindfulness skills, and the application of mindfulness to other sports. There were dissimilar ratings between the volleyball and soccer student-athletes concerning use of mindfulness when preparing for and during games. Most of the formal mindfulness practices taught during the training program were rated as being helpful to very helpful. We discuss factors influencing these findings and implications for mindfulness–sport performance research.

Effects of Two Semirigid Prophylactic Ankle Stabilizers on Speed, Agility, and Vertical Jump

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Bocchinfuso ◽  
Michael R. Sitler ◽  
Iris F. Kimura
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Vertical Jump ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Performance Events ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Female High School ◽  
Shuttle Run

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two semirigid prophylactic ankle stabilizers on vertical jump, 80-ft sprint, shuttle run, and four-point run performance. Eight male and seven female high school basketball players, who denied prior ankle injury and prophylactic ankle stabilizer experience, completed the four performance events under the conditions of Active Ankle Training Brace, Aircast SportStirrup, and nonbraced control. Data analyses consisted of four 1 × 3 ANOVAs with repeated measures on the independent variable of brace condition. Results of the analysis revealed no significant differences among the experimental conditions for any of the performance events tested. In conclusion, the Active Ankle Training Brace and Aircast SportStirrup did not facilitate or adversely affect performance involving speed, agility, and vertical jump of high school basketball players.

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