The effect of (cardio) style exercises to develop some physical abilities and defensive skills of young basketball players

Abstract

Choosing the appropriate training methods is one of the factors that are given great importance in modern sports training, and among these training methods are cardio-style exercises, a method that helps the body to obtain a greater amount of oxygen during its exercise, and it gives the body a high physical fitnessThe problem of the research Through the researcher’s follow-up to the game of basketball and through observation, he noticed that there is a decrease in the level of defensive skills among basketball players in the last minutes of the match, which the researcher attributes to a decrease in some physical abilities, which negatively affects the level of defensive skills performance of the players Youth basketball.The research aims to prepare cardio-style exercises for young basketball players and to identify the effect of cardio-style exercises on some physical abilities and some defensive skills of young basketball players.The experimental method was used in a one-group method, and it was conducted on the players of Al-Sulaikh Sports Club.Conducting pre- and post-tests for the research variables, and the training units lasted from 12/15/2021 to 9/2/2022It was concluded that the cardio-style exercises proved their importance and role in the sports side, and the cardio-style exercises developed some physical abilities and defensive skills of the Sulaikh Sports Club players.The researcher recommends that the use of cardio-style exercises in Al-Sulaikh Sports Club for basketball and work on developing physical abilities and defensive skills because they have an effective role in preparing Al-Sulaikh Sports Club players.