We currently live in a society where an increasing number of people are becoming obsessed with sports. In basketball, interceptions, feints, jumps and collisions of players can lead to various injuries. The specifics of basketball is that powerful angular accelerations with a change of direction, pace, intersect with constant various jumps. Having carefully studied these criteria, it is possible to trace the changes in the injuries of various types of basketball players at the stage of initial training. The aim of the work was to identify the main types of injuries in basketball players in the initial training group. The study involved students aged 10-12 years. There are 26 students in total. To date, knee injury is popular in all kinds of sports, but in basketball a large percentage of players get this injury more often. The study revealed the most common injuries among basketball players. Knee and ankle injuries were the most common in basketball among players and coaches. The injuries of the shoulder joint and groin area were the same in terms of injury, but the shoulder joint turned out to have two basketball players with II degree of injury severity.
basketball, injuries, initial training stage
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