Analysis of changes in indicators of functional and motor readiness of female basketball players within one-year training cycles

The basic goal of this work was the evaluation of functional and motor preparedness of 13 top female basketball players during a one-year training cycle. Across of the six time points the preparedness of subjects was measured by means of a twelve-test battery measuring the basic and specific motor and functional abilities. The experimental training program was the yearly training macrocycle with all its components and duration. The differences among individual measurements in the space of twelve basic and specific functional and motor variables were analyzed by the statistical procedures in the framework of discriminant analyses. In comparison to the first measurement, the players achieved better results in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth measurements. On the multivariate level, only the analysis of differences between the first and third measurements indicated statistically significant differences. It can be concluded that the training process executed during the course of the preparation and competition periods (the transitional period was excluded from the analysis) induced positive changes.