Individual diversity in the rate of basketball skills learning physical educations student

In the study the changes in technical competence of students in one year (two semesters) curriculum of basketball training were analyzed. In particular individual diversity was assessed and the degree to which it depends on the sex factor. Forty four women and 52 men, students of the Institute of Physical Culture of the University of Szczecin took part in the study. The measurement method was a set of technical competence tests (Heidelberg Basketball Test). The level of skill in the following areas was assessed: 1) lay up shots (Lus), 2) shots from different sectors (SFS), 3) passes of the ball to marked squares (PB), 4) dribbling the ball in slalom (OBS). Absolute single-basis and chain increments were calculated between subsequent dates of measurements. The differences in results between subsequent dates was analyzed in the Patnaik test for dependent trials with the assumption of uniform variance. To test the differences in results between the group of women and men the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used. It was found that the level of changes in technical competence in men and women after the completion of the program of training is statistically significant (p≤0.01), although it is individually very diversified. In a few individual cases no improvement or even small decrease in the level of changes in technical competence in basketball was noted. Sex of the subjects is not a clear determinant for the margin of changes in the level of technical competence. Only in the test of shots from different sectors higher increase of results (p≤0.05) was observed in men than in women. The decisive factor determining the margin of changes in the level of technical competence in basketball in physical education students was the starting level of this competence (women D=56.8%, men D=29.9%). Subjects who presented a lower initial level of technical competence achieved greater improvement in results in the area of tested skills.