藥球(medicine ball)是一種增強肌力的輔助訓練器材,被廣泛地應用在運動員的肌力訓練、一般正常人的體適能促進課程、以及受傷者的復健計畫之中:藥球訓練常被以彈震式動作(ballistic movement)或增強式(plyometric)等形式進行,以促進運動神經的興奮性、增加喚醒運動單位的能力、產生運動單位的同步性激活,特別是彈震式藥球訓練能得到較好的神經與肌肉適應性(Zehr & Sale, 1994)。因此,本文就藥球訓練的原則、理論背景、以及應用於藍球選手的實例等方面加以敘述說明,以提供教練與選手在肌力訓練時的參考。最後,以藥球發源地-歐洲的名諺語:”He who uses the medicine ball does not need medicine”,爲藥球訓練的效果做最好的註解。
Medicine ball is assistant equipment for improving muscle strength. Medicine ball is widely apply to strength training in athletes, promote physical fitness program in general population, and program of rehabilitation in patients, Medicine ball often combined with ballistic movement or plyometric for training. This kind of training would be increase excitability of motorneuron, firing motor units, and motor units of synchronization. In particular, ballistic medicine ball training has better neural adaptation and muscle adaptation. Therefore, this article focused on principles of medicine ball training, background of medicine ball training, and: application of basketball players. Finally, There is a famous proverb ”He who uses the medicine ball does not heed medicine” in European. It could tell us that medicine ball has better training effect.