Effect of special shoot training programs on improving shoot hit rate in young basketball players (14-16 years of age)

The effect of 10 weeks intensive shooting training program on shoot techniques and the rate of successful shoot of young basketball players were investigated in this study. In addition to this, ten thousand shoots thrown during the 10 week training period was analysed to find the improvement in successful shoot rate and to determine the number of shoots to improve the correct shooting technique including the time taken for this.30 male subjects from Gazi and Middle East Technical University College Teams took part in with their free will. Subjects divided into two groups of 15 subjects each as only shooting training group and general basketball training group. Both groups trained for 4 times a week for 10 weeks. Training and control groups were exposed to the different training programs. Players performed 4000 free shoots, 2000 two point shoots by jumping, 2000 three point shoots and 2000 Zig-Zag drill shoots (1000 two point, 1000 three point shoots) in total of 10000 shoots. Success rates of shoots were recorded throughout the training period. The control group undertook the general basketball training.While there was a higher success rate and statistical significance (p<0.05) among the control group compared to the shooting only training group in the pre-test results, at the end of the training period shooting only training group showed a higher statistically significant (p<0.05) success rate.At the end of the 10 week training program shoot only training group had significantly (p<0.01) higher success rates than the control group in two point, three point and Zig-Zag drill shoots performed from in total of five different areas. In the shot only training group the greatest improvements were observed between the first and second period of two weeks the least improvements were observed between fourth and fifth period of two weeks when the ten weeks training period divided 5 periods of two weeks period.As a result, general basketball training does not show a significant effect on successful shooting rate but shooting training programs have positive results on successful shooting rate among young basketball players and ten thousand shooting training for the period of eight weeks is enough in increasing the successful shooting rate.