Animal Flow as a Supplementary Training Tool for Basketball: A 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

Year 2025, Volume: 16 Issue: Online First, 1 - 20

Buğra Çağatay Savaş , Süleyman Ulupınar , Serhat Özbay , Cebrail Gençoğlu , Murat Turan , Selim Asan , Muhammet Mavibaş , Sevinç Namlı , Burak Karababa , Eda Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.54141/psbd.1672553

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of integrating Animal Flow into traditional basketball training on physical performance in university athletes, focusing on agility, core endurance, proprioceptive awareness, repeated sprint ability, flexibility, and vertical jump. Thirty-eight university basketball players (10 females) were randomly assigned to a control group (19 participants, five females), which followed standard basketball training, or an experimental group (19 participants, five females), which received the same training supplemented with twice-weekly Animal Flow sessions over 12 weeks. Three participants (one control and two experimental) withdrew due to personal reasons, leaving a final sample of 35 participants (18 control and 17 experimental). Performance was assessed pre- and post-intervention using validated tests, with data analyzed via two-way mixed ANOVA and independent samples t-tests to examine changes and group differences. The intervention group exhibited greater improvements in agility, core endurance, proprioceptive awareness, repeated sprint ability, and flexibility compared to the control group, as indicated by significant group-by-time interactions. However, vertical jump performance showed comparable gains across both groups, suggesting a limited impact on explosive power. Animal Flow offers a promising supplementary approach to enhance key basketball performance attributes, particularly those related to dynamic movement and endurance. These findings support its integration into conditioning programs, encouraging further research to explore its long-term effects and applicability across diverse athletic populations.

Keywords

Agility , Animal Flow , Basketball , Core Endurance , Flexibility , Functional Training

Project Number

2024/020

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