التحدي
Volume 16, Numéro 1, Pages 261-269
2024-03-16

The Effect Of The Covid 19 Pandemic On Speed Among High-level Basketball Players (a Field Study For The Case Of The Groupement Sportif Des Pétroliers Team)

Authors : Mahi Soufiane .

Abstract

Preventive measures recommended by health authorities and governments to slow the spread of COVID-19 have resulted in the suspension of sports training and competitions. This study aimed to study the effect of the pandemic (covid-19) on the speed of a high-level Algerian basketball team. We used the descriptive approach, where the research sample was composed of 13 basketball players (Groupement sportif des pétroliers GSP) who participated in the African high-level basketball league. The study tools consisted of applying physical tests concerning the agility test (T-TEST) and the speed of movement (20m) before and after the covid19 pandemic.we concluded, that there are statistically significant differences between the pre and post test in favor of pre test (before the covid19 pandemic) for the agility test (T-TEST) and the movement speed test (20m) at the significance level P < 0.05.

Keywords

The pandemic (covid 19) ; Speed ; Basketball ; High level