Tabata Exercise Increased Endurance of Primary School Basketballers

Teo Sin Cher, Nur Shakila Mazalan. and Muhammad Naeimmuddin Zakaria
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Teo Sin Cher: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Nur Shakila Mazalan.: Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Naeimmuddin Zakaria: Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 3, 3407-3415

Abstract: Basketball is a popularity sport in world. It has gained overwhelming popularity as one of the four major professional sports in the United States. Many people worldwide play it, and the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) sponsors the World Basketball Championships every four years. Basketball has gained worldwide popularity and fascinated players and spectators with its dynamic characteristics as a team sport. Basketball players need to improve their oxygen uptake to maintain maximum intensity throughout the game. The sport is characterized by frequent high-intensity periods and changes in activity every 2-3 seconds. Objective. This study is to investigate the effects of 12 weeks Tabata program on primary basketball players endurance. Method. 24 male (n=12) and female (n=12) from primary school were selected to the Tabata Training group (EG) and control group (CG). EG group involved Tabata Training three times per week for 12 weeks. Results. Body Mass Index (BMI) shown no significant differences between the control and experimental groups after 12 weeks of intervention. However, for others test of cardiovascular endurance, muscle endurance and flexibility of the primary basketball players shown that there is a significant difference in the endurance scores between the CG and the EG after the Tabata training program. Since the (P

Date: 2025
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