Vertical Jump, Anaerobic Power, and Shooting Accuracy Are Not Altered 6 Hours After Strength Training in Collegiate Women Basketball Players

• Published in: Journal of strength and conditioning research Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 422 - 425
• Main Authors: Woolstenhulme, Mandy T., Bailey, Brooke Kerbs, Allsen, Philip E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-08-2004
• ISSN: 1064-8011; 1533-4287
• DOI: 10.1519/13463.1

Woolstenhulme, M.T., B.K. Bailey, and P.E. Allsen. Vertical jump, anaerobic power, and shooting accuracy are not altered 6 hours after strength training in collegiate women basketball players. J. Strength Cond. Res. 18(3):422-425. 2004.-We measured vertical jump, anaerobic power, and shooting accuracy in 18 Division I women basketball players (age 18-22 years) 6 hours following a morning strength training routine called a lift day (LD) and on a control day in which no strength training was performed. Subjects had been strength trained for 4 weeks prior to testing. The strength training session on lift day was a full- body workout and included 7 exercises performed in 3-6 sets at loads ranging from a 5 to 12 repetition maximum (RM). There were no significant differences in jump height with 2 legs (49.5 +/-4.8 cm and 49.0 +/-4.8 cm, LD and control, respectively), relative mean power output over 30 seconds on a Wingate bicycle test (6.4 +/-0.8 W.kg super(-1) and 6.6 +/-0.7 W.kg super(-1), LD and control, respectively), or shooting accuracy over 60 seconds (21.5 +/-3.8 points/min and 21.3 +/-4.1 points/min, LD and control, respectively). These data suggest that in collegiate women basketball players, a previous bout of strength training has no negative effect on vertical jump height, anaerobic power, or shooting accuracy.