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Change of Direction Performance and its Physical Determinants Among Young Basketball Male Players

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JOURNAL OF HUMAN KINETICS
Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages 23-34

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SCIENDO
DOI: 10.2478/hukin-2022-0107

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team sports; athletic talent; adolescence; field testing; basketball

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The main aim of this study was to investigate the effects of age group on change of direction (COD) performance and its specific physical determinants among young male basketball players. The results showed significant differences in age, sexual maturation, endurance capacity, jump performances, reactive strength index (RSI), COD, repeated sprint ability (RSA), and lower-limb strength between different age groups. There were significant correlations between COD performance and physical determinants such as jumping ability and RSA performance. This study highlights the importance of considering age effects and physical determinants when planning athletic talent development for young basketball male players.
The main aim of the present study was to examine the effects of the age group (U-15, U-17 and U-19) on change of direction (COD) performance and its specific physical determinants among young basketball male players. Thirty-one young male basketball players (13-18 years) volunteered to participate in this study. The sample was divided into 3 age groups (U-15, U-17, U-19). All the evaluations were carried out in the same order in 3 sessions as follows: 1) body composition, self-reported sexual maturation, COD performance, and intermittent endurance capacity; 2) reactive strength index (RSI), 15-m sprint, and repeated sprint ability (RSA) test; 3) vertical and horizontal jumps and lower-limb strength. The results showed significant differences between groups for age, sexual maturation, endurance capacity, horizontal and vertical jump performances, RSI, COD, RSA, and lower-limb strength (p < 0.05). Significant correlations were identified between COD performances and some physical determinants such as jumping ability and RSA performance (-0.43 < r < 0.85; p <= 0.05). In conclusion, there are age effects on COD performance and its specific physical determinants among young basketball male players. The associations between COD performance and its determinants should be considered by practitioners when programing athletic talent development for this population.

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