Youth basketball player's preparatory action's influence on free throws accuracy.

The problem of research: Movement precision a lot depends on the preparation to perform an action-the preparation phase. It was found that skilled player’s preparatory movements, positively affect the accuracy of free throws, but it is not clear how these movements’ effect on beginner’s basketball player’s shot accuracy. The research object: youth basketball player’s free throws accuracy. Hypothesis. A month-long training of preparatory movements, actions and their sequencing before performing a free throw according to Amberry (1996) methodology will have a positive effect on the accuracy of free throws. Aim of the study. To identify and assess the preparatory movements, actions and their sequencing effect on youth basketball player’s free-throw accuracy. Objectives of the research: 1. Identify and assess youth basketball player’s free throw accuracy before and after experiment. 2. Identify ongoing preparatory movements and actions before performing a free throw, before and after experiment. 3. Identify free throws accuracy changes during the experiment. The research results. Alytus youth basketball players for 30free throws test, the control group average of accurate throws was 20.8 ± 3.4(69.33 percent of free throw accuracy) before the experiment, and the experimental - 19.6 ± 2.2 (65.33 percent of free throw accuracy). The obtained results of the experiment showed that the control group throws an average of 22.7 ± 2.0(75.67 percent of free throw accuracy), and the experimental -23.9 ± 1.9 (79.67 percent of free throw accuracy).To the assessment of Kaunas youth basketball players for 30throwstest, the control group average of accurate throws was 18.3 ± 3.1 (61per cent. free throw accuracy) before the experiment, and the experimental - 18.9 ± 2.0 (63percent. free throw accuracy). After the experiment, the control group throws an average of 22.0 ± 2.1 (73.33 percent of free throw accuracy), and the experimental - 24.3 ± 1.0 (81 percent of free throw accuracy). The conclusion. Kaunas and Alytus young basketball field goal accuracy of the experimental groups improved application of preparatory actions / movements. The study hypothesis was confirmed as 1 month of preparatory action as a positive influence on players wide