The PT was completed two days per week for the PT groups, with at least 48 hours of rest between sessions as previously recommended (Wathen, 1993, Faigenbaum, 2006), and just after the warm-up to ensure that the players were in a rested state and gain optimal benefits from the specific program, according to the priority training principle. The same warm up was completed by the CG and plyometrically trained groups, consisting of 5 min of submaximal running and several displacements, 20 submaximal vertical jumps, and 10 submaximal longitudinal jumps)