Effect of specific basketball drills on selected shooting performance parameters of high school male basketball players

Objective: The study was designed to investigate the effects of specific basketball drills on selected shooting performance of High school male basketball players. Thirty school male basketball players selected from Ragavendra Matric Higher secondary school, Vadavalli Coimbatore Methods: The age ranged between 15and17 years. They were divided into two equal groups considered as experimental group and control group. Experimental group underwent specific basketball drill training for the period of 8 weeks. The control group was not given any training. The selected shooting performance parameter was assessed by lay-up shot, jump shot and free throw shot ‘t’ test was used to find out the significant improvement of skill performance among school level male basketball players.0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance. Results: The result of this of layup shoot, jump shot and free throw shoot has been improved significantly due to effect of specific drills training with the limitation of (diet climate, life style) status and previous training the result of the present study coincide findings of the investigation done by different experts in the field of sports sciences. Conclusion: Due to the influence of eight weeks specific basketball drill training significantly improved layup shot, jump shot, and free throw shot of high school male basketball players.