The effect of post activation potentiation (PAP)‎ warm-up on repeated sprint ability on youth basketball players

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This study is aimed to know the effect produced by the post activation potentiation warm-up on repeated sprint ability on youth basketball players, where the experimental method was used in a one group design and applied to 15 players from the basketball youth club (JBS) that belongs to the Annaba state association, the protocol was implemented which starts with normal warm-ups, then doing the RSA test and taking a full rest, then perform the PAP warm-up by using the 5RM in ½ squat with a rest of 04 minutes between warm-up and carrying out the test again, the results were as follows: the post activation potentiation warm-up improves the performance of repeated sprint ability on youth basketball players, where we get an improvement rate (6.36%) in max sprint time, and (5.47%) in average sprint time.