title: Immediate effect of weight training as compared to aerobic exercise on free-throw shooting in collegiate basketball players.
abstract: This study empirically assessed the effect weight training has on the accuracy of free-throw shots immediately following a weight-training session. On On alternating days of the week for eight weeks, 14 members of a women's varsity intercollegiate basketball team engaged in a weight-training program and an aerobics exercise program. Each day immediately following the conditioning, the players shot two sets of 10 free throws. Analysis indicated no significant difference in free-throw shooting accuracy as a function of weight training when compared to the aerobic exercise, suggesting that the immediate effects of weight training are no more detrimental or beneficial for free-throw shooting than aerobic exercise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green 42101.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Shoenfelt
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001490:Basketball; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014891:Weight Lifting