DYNAMICS OF INDICATORS OF COORDINATION ABILITIES OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF PRIMARY TRAINING GROUPS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF USING SPECIAL PREPARATORY EXERCISES

Purpose: to determine the degree of influence of special preparatory exercises on indicators of coordination abilities of basketball players of initial preparation groups. Material and methods: the study involved 40 athletes aged 9 - 11 years, that are part of initial training groups of the second year of study in the sports school № 7 in Kharkiv (control group 20 athletes, experimental group 20 athletes). To establish the indicators of coordination readiness of young basketball players, the standard test exercises proposed by L.P. Sergienko [13] were used. Results: in the training process of the experimental group of special - preparatory exercises were used: various jumps and acrobatic exercises, as well as sets of exercises on a trampoline. This technique had a positive effect on the coordination abilities of basketball players in the initial training group, and significant differences were found between the results before and after the pedagogical experiment (p0,05).