Comparing of Two Methods of Practice for Emerging Motor Flexibility in Basketball Free Throw Skill

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of two methods of practice for emerging motor flexibility in basketball free throw. For this purpose, 12 students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad were selected and randomly divided into two groups (constant and variable). After a pre- test, participants practiced the aforementioned skill. At each trial, the variable group should randomly throw the ball over an obstacle with different height but the obstacle's height was fixed for constant group. After 7 consecutive days of practice participants performed two transfer tests that one of them was similar to the conditions of constant group and the other one was similar to the conditions of variable group. Also, these tests were repeated after a week. The results showed that participant's performance had a significance improvement during acquisition period. But the results did not show a significance difference between groups in immediate and late transfer tests. It seems that practice with different kinds of a skill don’t has an advantage for emerging flexibility in movement.