Change of Direction Performance and its Physical Determinants Among Young Basketball Male Players
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by Pablo Pérez-Ifrán, Maximiliano Rial, Seifeddine Brini, Julio Calleja-González, Sebastián Del Rosso, Daniel Boullosa, Stefano Benítez-Flores.
Abstract
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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Pérez-Ifrán, P., Rial, M., Brini, S., Calleja-González, J., Del Rosso5, S., Boullosa, D., Benítez-Flores, S. (2022). Change of Direction Performance and its Physical Determinants Among Young Basketball Male Players. Journal of Human Kinetics, 85, 23-34. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0107
Harvard Pérez-Ifrán, P., Rial, M., Brini, S., Calleja-González, J., Del Rosso5, S., Boullosa, D., and Benítez-Flores, S. (2022). Change of Direction Performance and its Physical Determinants Among Young Basketball Male Players. Journal of Human Kinetics, 85, pp.23-34. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0107
MLA Pérez-Ifrán, Pablo et al. “Change of Direction Performance and its Physical Determinants Among Young Basketball Male Players.” Journal of Human Kinetics, vol. 85, 2022, pp. 23-34. doi:10.2478/hukin-2022-0107.
Vancouver Pérez-Ifrán P, Rial M, Brini S, Calleja-González J, Del Rosso5 S, Boullosa D et al. Change of Direction Performance and its Physical Determinants Among Young Basketball Male Players. Journal of Human Kinetics. 2022;85:23-34. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0107
Key words
team sports, athletic talent, adolescence, field testing, basketball