European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine ISSN 2515-8260 Volume 7, Issue 08, 2020 1515 SPECIALIZED TRAINING ACCORDING to BASKETBALL PLAYERS' POSITIONS and its EFFECT on COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR and TACTICAL PERFORMANCE Taghread Ahmed Elsayed Ahmed 1 , Ghada Mohamed Youssef Elsayed 1 , Nour Taha Ebrahem Housen 1 , Heba Abdelazim Hassan Ismail 1 & Naglaa Ahmed Radwan Ahmed 2 1 Self-Development Department, Deanship of Preparatory Year, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA. 2 Physical Education Department, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, KSA. taelsayed@iau.edu.sa Abstract: The aim of this research was to determine the impact of Specialized Training program according to Basketball players' positions on Tactical performance and competitive behavior in junior basketball Players. To achieve the purpose of these study 60 junior female basketball players were selected from Sports Academy for Basketball in Zagazig-Egypt under 16 years of age (age: 14.65 ± 0.48 years; body height: 161.40 ± 3.09 cm; body mass: 57.38 ± 3.68 kg; training age: 1.43 ± 0.55 years). They were divided into two equal groups, namely Specialized training group according to playing positions (guard, forward, center), (STP) group and Control group (CON). Competitive behavior and Tactical Skills Scales were administered for collecting the data from the subjects, the total duration of specialized training program was 8 weeks. After 8 weeks of training period, data was collected on tactical performance and competitive behavior for both groups. The collected data was statistically analyzed by using “t” test to find out the difference between the two groups (STP) and (CON). Based on the results it was concluded that the STP group was significantly improved in tactical performance and competitive behavior more than (CON) group. The findings from this study supported the use of specialized training according to Basketball players' positions on training junior basketball players to improve thier tactical performance and competitive behavior. Keywords: Playing positions, Tactical Skills, Physical preparation, muscular capacity INTRODUCTION Adolescence basketball players striving to reach the highest standard of performance needed to develop outstanding performance characteristics (Torres-Unda et al., 2013). Tactical skills are particularly important skills for basketball players, they are required to achieve successful performances (Fujii et al., 2010; Cortis et al., 2011; Torres-Unda et al., 2013). However between different playing positions, the significance of these skills can differ. It is possible to classify basketball players approximately into three playing positions (guard, forward, center), each with different functions to fulfil. Owing to these different requirements, in each playing position, different skills are needed to play well (Hoare, 2000; Abdelkrim et al., 2010; Sallet, et al., 2005).