COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL READINESS OF STUDENTS PRACTICING BASKETBALL

The comprehensive development of motor abilities is a characteristic feature typical for the game of basketball. The level of technical skills plays an important role in planning and conducting the teaching and training process during basketball activities in physical education classes. The aim of this study is to improve basketball training for students through analysis and comparison of their physical and technical readiness. To achieve this aim, we set the following tasks: to review specialized literature, to collect information on the level of physical and technical readiness of students from 9th Primary School “Veselin Hanchev” and Secondary School “Maxim Gorky” in Stara Zagora; to identify the average levels and the variation of the studied indicators; and to compare the students’ performance. The main methods used in the study are theoretical research and analysis of specialized literature, and sports-pedagogical testing. The test battery includes fourteen indicators, nine of which provide information about physical readiness and five about technical readiness. The results from the testing were processed using mathematical and statistical methods: variation analysis and comparative analysis. Based on the results and the conducted analysis, we can summarize that the students from 9th Primary School “Veselin Hanchev” in Stara Zagora are physically better prepared than their peers, showing better results in nine of the examined indicators. In terms of technical readiness, the students showed similar results.