The Relationship Between Muscle Strength, Anaerobic Performance, Agility, Sprint Ability and Vertical Jump Performance in Professional Basketball Players

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between isokineticknee strength, anaerobicperformance, sprinting ability, agility and vertical jump performance in first division basketball players. Twelve malefirst division basketball players participated in this study. The mean age was 25.1 ± 1.7 yrs; meanbodyheight194.8 ±5.7 cm; mean bodymass 92.3± 9.8 kg; mean PBF 10.1± 5.1; and mean VO2max 50.55 ± 6.7 ml/kg/minQuadricepsandhamstrings were measured at 60o and 180◦/s, anaerobic performance was evaluated using the Wingate anaerobic powertest, sprint ability was determined by single sprint performance (10-30 m), jump performance was evaluated bycountermovement (CMJ) and squat jump (SJ) tests and agility performance was measured using the T drill agility test.Quadriceps strength was significantly correlated with peak power at all contraction velocities. However, for meanpower, significant correlation was only found between the 60o left and 180o right kneequadriceps measurements. Nomeasure of strength was significantly related tothe measurements from/results offield tests. Moreover, strong relationswere foundbetween the performance of athletes in different field tests(p< 0.05). The use of correlation analysisis thelimitation of thethisstudy.