Table 1. Descriptive data of the control group (CONTROL, n = 6), non-randomized plyometric training group (NRG, n = 6) and randomized plyometric training group (RG, n = 7) and total training load accumulated during the interventional period.
CONTROL NRG RG
Age (y) 9.7 ± 2.0 10.0 ± 1.5 11.0 ± 1.7
Body mass (kg) 39.4 ± 5.7 36.3 ± 5.8 38.3 ± 11.3
Height (m) 1.44 ± 0.08 1.41 ± 0.09 1.42 ± 0.1
Body mass index (kg·m-2) 19.1 ± 1.4 18.3 ± 1.0 18.6 ± 1.6
Session rating of perceived exertion (a.u.)a 440 ± 270 540 ± 346 583 ± 313
aBasketball training load was determined by multiplying the minutes of basketball training by the rating of perceived exertion after a randomly selected basketball training session.