本研究目的在探討水中從事增強式訓練是否可以藉著水的浮力減少離心落地所帶來的衝擊力量，而又可以提供足夠的刺激，達到像在陸上一樣的生理效果及運動表現。方法是以17位甲一級男子籃球運動代表隊為研究對象，前測完成後將17位隊員隨機分成二組，展開為期6週，每週2次，每次60分鐘之水中或陸上增強式訓練；再於6週後施予後測。所得資料以混合設計二因子變異數分析，分析不同訓練方式對下肢最大肌力、爆發力、速度、無氧動力、無氧能力及肌肉損傷之影響。以α=.05為顯著水準。結果發現：6週之增強式訓練後，不論是陸上組亦或是水中訓練組，其半蹲最大肌力、落地垂直跳、30公尺衝刺及10秒踏車無氧能力等運動表現，二組均有顯著進步(p<.05)，且無組間差異存在；此外，在肌肉損傷方面，陸上訓練組之肌肉損傷情形均較水中組來得嚴重(p<.05)。結論：6週水中增強式訓練可以顯著提升大學男子籃球選手之下肢肌力、爆發力、速度及無氧能力，達到與陸上訓練相同之訓練效果，而又可減少肌肉損傷之情形發生。

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of aquatic plyometric training (APT) on muscular strength, sprint velocity, power and muscle damage in basketball players. Seventeen male college basketball players were randomly assigned to perform 6 weeks of APT or land exercise twice weekly, both in addition to traditional preseason basketball training. All parameters were tested at baseline one week before beginning of the preseason training and also after six weeks. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine the significant changes in muscular strength, power, speed, anaerobic capacity and muscle damage. In the results we observed that aquatic or land plyometric training significantly (p<.05) improved the muscular strength, drop jump, 30 m dash and anaerobic capacity after 6 weeks. The APT group showed significantly lower creatine kinase than the land exercised group. From these results it was concluded that the aquatic plyometrics can provide the same benefits in performance enhancement as land plyometrics, with significantly less muscle soreness.