736 Trakia Journal of Sciences, Vol. 17, Suppl. 1, 2019 Trakia Journal of Sciences, Vol. 17, Suppl. 1, pp 736-741, 2019 Copyright © 2019 Trakia University Available online at: http://www.uni-sz.bg ISSN 1313-7069 (print) ISSN 1313-3551 (online) doi:10.15547/tjs.2019.s.01.120 TARGETING DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONAL QUALITIES OF THE BASKETBALL STUDENTS I. Peltekova* Department of Sport, Sofia University, St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria ABSTRACT This report is provoked by the specific work with students from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. The contingent of the study was 77 students (men and women) who chose to practice basketball in group-educated groups at the University. The report is based on the results of conducted sport-pedagogic testing that was made on field conditions. In order to determine the level of the specific conditional qualities of the students it was used the international test battery “SPARQ”, specialized for basketball players. The test battery contains eight tests: fastness, upper limb force, explosive force, strength endurance, flexibility, agility in basketball defense movement. The aim of the study is to provide information on changes in the level of the specific conditional qualities of the basketball students as a result of specialized training. The results of the study are subject to mathematical and statistical processing under SPSS – 19. The ANOVA dispersion analysis was used to test the hypothesis for comparing three or more Fisher F-criteria samples. The analysis of the result confirms that there was a significant change in the groups and a significant difference between them, with better values of the experimental groups. Key words: sport, basketball preparation, physical qualities, methodology, methods and means INTRODUCTION The basketball game as a tool for physical education and sport is widely used in the structure of sports activities. Basketball is one of the most popular ball games in the world. The game is accessible, understandable, dynamic. Systemic basketball or game play helps physically, mentally and emotionally develop people. Physical qualities as a human manifestation, performing sports activities, constitute a single set of specific movements that are relatively independent and characteristic of each individual sport. The concept of conditioning qualities has become a must in sports literature in recent years. The term "physical condition" is used to mean a physical state that reflects the level of development of the following components: __________________________ *Correspondence to: Iren Peltekova, PhD; Department of sport, Team sports and mountain sports, Sofia University, address: bul. “Tsar Osvoboditel” 15, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria, e- mail:iren.peltekova@gmail.com, telephone:+359/887 511 468 speed, strength, endurance, flexibility and body composition. The term "condition" (Physical Fitness) reflects the degree of adaptation of the body to physical exercise and is characterized by three main components - the state of health, physical development and physical employability of the individual. The training exercises directed at the individual sides of the training (technical, tactical, physical, psychological) must be optimal in order to reach the desired top sporting form. Conditioning training is closely related to basketball play. Successful use of technical skills is dependent on the level of physical qualities and vice versa. In today's basketball, the presence of a conditioning specialist in the team is a must. Success in basketball play can only be achieved when basketball coaches and conditioning specialists work together with a single program and enjoy mutual trust. In the scientific forums, research and author's research on conditional condition of university students are becoming more important.