Enhancing Lower-Limb Simple and Choice Reaction Time and Spatial Orientation in Junior Basketball Players by Implementing Fitlight Technology in Sports Training.

This article focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of an 18-week experimental training program using Fitlight technology to improve lower limb simple and choice reaction times and reactive spatial orientation in U14 and U16 male junior basketball players. The study involved 70 participants divided into experimental and control groups, with the experimental groups integrating Fitlight-based visual stimuli exercises into their basketball-specific training, while control groups followed traditional training without technology. Results showed statistically significant improvements with large effect sizes in reaction times and spatial orientation for the experimental groups, particularly highlighting that spatial orientation development was most pronounced in U14 players, whereas lower limb reaction time improvements were greatest in U16 players. The findings suggest that incorporating Fitlight technology into training can enhance cognitive-motor skills essential for basketball performance, though the study's scope was limited to male athletes and did not assess long-term effects.