Study on The Development of Physical Fitness During A Training Cycle of Female Athletes in the Ho Chi Minh City Basketball Team, Vietnam

Basketball is a high-paced contact sport that requires a comprehensive combination of technique and speed. Physical fitness is the core foundation that helps athletes maintain competition intensity, optimize tactical performance, prevent injuries, and directly determine top-level competition results. The research uses methods of document synthesis and analysis, interviews, pedagogical testing, and statistical mathematics. The subjects observed were 16 female athletes from the Ho Chi Minh City basketball team and 20 individuals who are experts, managers, coaches, and basketball lecturers in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, and Soc Trang. The research results have developed a 5-month training cycle for the female athletes of the Ho Chi Minh City basketball team, Vietnam, including the Transition and Preparation phases. The results of monitoring the development of 14 physical fitness indicators show a systematic development and outstanding growth (p < 0>