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Trial reportScientific reports2026

Combined jump rope and elastic resistance band training improves agility, body balance and neuromuscular performance in young male basketball players.

Seifeddine Brini, Georgian Badicu, Cain C T Clark, Safaa M Elkholi, Fatma Hilal Yagin, Antonella Muscella, Carlo Castagna, Gianpiero Greco, Anne Delextrat, Julio Calleja Gonzalez

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Seifeddine BriniResearch Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, 7100, Kef, Tunisia.
Georgian BadicuDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, University Transilvania of Brasov, Braşov, Romania.
Cain C T ClarkSchool of Life and Health Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, B15 3TN, UK.
Safaa M ElkholiDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia. smelkholi@pnu.edu.sa.
Fatma Hilal YaginDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Malatya, Turkey.
Antonella MuscellaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
Carlo CastagnaSchool of Sports and Exercise Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Gianpiero GrecoDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), University of Study of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Anne DelextratCentre for Movement, Occupation and Rehabilitation Services, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Julio Calleja GonzalezPhysical Education and Sport Department, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain.

Funding

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2026R145), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., PNURSP2026R145 PNURSP2026R145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main aim of the present investigation was to explore the effect of eight weeks combined training program based on jump rope and elastic resistance band on agility, body balance, and neuromuscular performances among young male basketball players. Twenty-four young male basketball players (Age ≃ 9 years; Height ≃ 138 cm; Body mass ≃ 34 Kg; Training experience≃ 3.5 years) participated in the current investigation and were randomly assigned to two groups: a combined group (INTER; n = 12), and an active control group (CON; n = 12). INTER completed the 8-week training programs with two weekly sessions while the CON continued their usual training as control group. The static and dynamic balance tests, the T-change of direction (CoD) test, the vertical jump tests, the sprint test were performed by participants before and after the intervention period. A significant time × group interaction was observed for YBT, SBT, T-CoD, 5 m, and 10 m sprint times, as well as for SJ and CMJ performance (p < 0.001). Post-intervention analysis revealed greater improvements in the INTER compared to the CON across all tested variables (from-4.27% to 20.76%; p < 0.001; ES= from 1.57 to 3.87), The adopted training program was associated with improvements in basketball-specific fitness parameters in young male players; however, these findings should be interpreted with caution given the study design and participant characteristics.

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Athletic PerformanceBasketballPostural BalanceResistance TrainingAthletesChildHumansMaleMuscle StrengthMaturityPerformancePrepubertyTeam sportsTraining

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PMID42192174
PMCPMC13385877

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