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Boys trained twice weekly for 8 weeks. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> A significant interaction was reported with a large (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001, <jats:inline-formula\/>), medium (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001, <jats:inline-formula\/>), and small effect sized (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u2009.001, <jats:inline-formula\/>) in the 1-kg ball throw, 3-kg ball throw, and time-at-20-m test, respectively. There was no significant interaction in the countermovement vertical jump or the standing long jump. Changes from preintervention to postintervention for the 1-kg ball throw were 5.94% and 5.82% for the ST and RT, respectively, and 8.82% and 8.14% in the 3-kg ball throw for the ST and RT, respectively. 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