## 4 Discussion  
This study aimed to analyze whether a specific warm-up protocol (Basket-Up) may enhance immediate essential basketball performance (e.g., jump, sprint, and agility outcomes). Based on the obtained results, it was observed that the Basket-Up warm-up protocol had an overall positive effect, providing basketball athletes with a significant increase in performance in both jumping and agility. However, this program did not yield positive effects in terms of immediately improving the sprint ability of all participants. Additionally, this trial also aimed to analyze the effects in comparison to the outcomes obtained by a nonspecific basketball warm-up protocol (FIFA 11+). The immediate effects of Basket-Up were similar to those obtained by the FIFA 11+ program, especially in terms of jumping and sprinting, and appeared to be slightly better for agility, which will need further supporting evidence in future studies to establish the superior effects of this specific basketball program. Demonstrating the feasible and marginally superior effects of this program compared to FIFA supports the hypothesis proposed, confirming it overall. Previous studies have analyzed the effect of different warm-ups on basketball players, reporting that a general warm-up program induces injury-reducing effects in the lower extremities [22]. However, evidence is lacking for studies analyzing the effects of a specific basketball warm-up in this sport. Specificity, in this context, warm-up can be defined as the recreation of training conditions that closely resemble those encountered during competition, employing stimuli that mirror real-game situations as closely as possible [23]. This approach aims to facilitate the transfer of conditioning gained from warm-up activities to subsequent competitive performance [2]. The specificity of the Basket-Up program lies mainly in the proper activation of the muscles in the lower limb, with functional gestures such as changes in direction, accelerations, and decelerations among others, which represent similar gestures to the demands that basketball athletes face in competition, as well as neurocognitive stimulus based on basketball practice. To evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions, jumping, sprinting, and ability outcomes were chosen for the present study given their relevance to the specific performance demands of basketball [9]. The first specific parameter analyzed was agility. The agility values were observed to be greatly enhanced after the specific basket program in comparison to the nonspecific program, with no additional differences between men and women. Enhanced agility performance may be mainly explained by the specificity of the interventions, as well as by the greater neurocognitive exposure preparation observed in the Basket-Up program. Similarly, previous studies reported results showing improvements in agility performance with specific warm-up programs [24], which is aligned with our findings. Indeed, the FIFA 11+ program lacks basketball-specific agility movements, in contrast to the Basket-Up, which includes changes in direction as a result of reaction to basketball-specific environmental stimuli (e.g., auditory cues, defensive reactions, etc.). Therefore, it can be postulated that to enhance agility capacity in basketball athletes, including specific changes in direction in their warm-up may improve performance, also considering the relevance of these maneuvers for the practice. Likewise, it may be taken into account that the test used in this research (LAT) is designed specifically for basketball [18]. Regarding jump performance, CMJ values improved similarly in both interventions, reflecting that a warm-up program that includes muscle activation may be sufficient to enhance this outcome in the immediate term, with no additional benefit for a specific program. Conversely, sprint outcomes did not show significant improvement after either of the two interventions, with even worse sprint performance observed in some cases.