Anthropometric, physiological and maturational characteristics in selected elite and non-elite male adolescent basketball players

Torres-Unda, Jon; Zarrazquin, Idoia; Gil, Javier; Ruíz, Francisco López; Irazusta, Amaia; Kortajarena, Maider; Seco, Jesús; Irazusta, Jon

doi:10.1080/02640414.2012.725133

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“…Most recent studies focus exclusively on variation in standard body size measurements and their association with 'positions' within an athletic team (a center in basketball, for example) or success at particular sports (Ackland et al, 1997;Torres-Unda et al, 2013) without discussion of relative proportions or allometric variation and their potential eff ects on overall athletic success. Many of these studies have also been hindered by small sample sizes.…”

Section: Original Scientific Paper Body Proportions and Elite Athletimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Alongside this fascination has been a debate as to whether particular body shapes confer an advantage for diff erent types of sports and/or provide an important marker for identifying potential success (Torres-Unda et al, 2013). Children today are often encouraged to participate in sports according to predisposed abilities perceived from their body shape (Sellers & Kuperminc, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Allometric Variation in Modern Humans and the Relationship Between Body Proportions and Elite Athletic Success

Monson¹,

Brasil²,

Hlusko³

2018

J. Anthr. Sport Phis. Educ.

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In many sports, greater height and arm span are purportedly linked to athletic success. While variation in body proportions has been explored across an array of scientifi c disciplines, studies focusing on humans of tall stature outside of clinical cases are limited. We investigated body size proportions in a sample of elite athletes, employing data on recruits for the National Basketball Association (NBA, n=2,990), mixed martial arts (MMA) fi ghters (mixedsex, n=1,284), as well as a control sample of healthy young adults who are not professional athletes, represented here by male (n=4,082) and female (n=1,986) recruits for the United States Army, to test two hypotheses: 1) There is a signifi cant diff erence in arm span to height ratios between elite professional athletes and the control population, and 2) There is a signifi cant relationship between arm span to height ratio and athletic success within the NBA and MMA. We fi nd that NBA players are signifi cantly taller, with absolutely and relatively wider arm spans than MMA fi ghters and the control population. Additionally, we fi nd that basketball players are signifi cantly more likely to be drafted earlier in the NBA, and MMA fi ghters are signifi cantly more likely to have a better loss to win ratio, if their arm span to height ratio falls above the regression line. However, we note that arm span and height, as well as athletic success, are impacted by a myriad of factors, and some of the most successful professional athletes do not have particularly long arms relative to their height.

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Section: Original Scientific Paper Body Proportions and Elite Athletimentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Allometric Variation in Modern Humans and the Relationship Between Body Proportions and Elite Athletic Success

Monson¹,

Brasil²,

Hlusko³

2018

J. Anthr. Sport Phis. Educ.

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“…To achieve success in sports, the identiication of diferent aspects such as anthropometric, motor and physiological are essential, making them the main parameters of selection and identiication of young athletes 1,2 . In intermittent sports, such as volleyball, athletes perform short-term high intensity eforts, with emphasis on explosive movements such as jump, hitting and blocking, what emphasizes muscular explosive strength as an important athletic attribute.…”

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“…his works have reported accelerated biological development inluence on increased body growth, strength and power performance when compared to same chronological age less matured peers. Besides, performance differences associated to maturity may explain the high advanced maturity youth prevalence in selection process 2 . However, according to Malina et al 1 these diferences tend to be reduced with age and eliminated, suggesting that maturation is an important tool to diagnose young people growth, development and physical potential.…”

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Skeletal age and explosive strength in young volleyball players

Gantois

Pinto

Castro

et al. 2017

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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-Identifying diferent anthropometric, physiological and motor aspects is essential to obtain success in sports practice. However, these components may be developed in same age subjects diferently, in part due biological development. he aim of the study was compare and correlate the explosive strength to biological maturation by sex, obtained by estimation of skeletal age based on anthropometric variables. he sample consisted of 239 subjects of both sexes, aged 10 to 13 years. Maturation was assessed by skeletal age predictive equation and upper and lower limbs explosive strength using medicine ball throw test and vertical jump, respectively. Skeletal age was assessed by skeletal age using a predictive anthropometrical based equation. Upper and lower limbs explosive strength were evaluated by medicine ball throwing test and vertical jump test, respectively. Post hoc analysis showed delayed biological development subjects had worst medicine ball throwing test performance than accelerated boys (p=0.001; d=0.96) and girls (p< 0.01; d= 2.01); regarding to vertical jump test, worst performance was also detected to maturational delayed boys when compared to accelerated ones (p=0.24; d=1.1) and girls (p=0.007; d=0.75). Regression analysis showed skeletal age explained variance of 36% and 19.2% for boys and 45.2% and 16.1% for girls upper and lower limbs explosive strength. Skeletal age is positively related to upper and lower limbs explosive strength and show higher performance for accelerated biological development young players when compared to delayed ones, independently from sex.

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“…Vertical countermovement jump ability (maximal jump height) is an important contributor to successful performance in many sports (30,12). In order to most effectively enhance jump height, it is important for strength and conditioning professionals to have an understanding of the biomechanical factors that produce higher jumps.…”

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Biomechanical Factors Associated With Jump Height

Marshall

Moran

2015

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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Factors associated with maximal vertical jumps 1 Biomechanical factors associated with jump height: a comparison of cross--sectional and pre--to--post training change findings ABSTRACTPrevious studies investigating the biomechanical factors associated with maximal countermovement jump height have typically utilised cross--sectional data. An alternative but less common approach is to use pre--to--post training change data, where the relationship between an improvement in jump height and a change in a factor is examined more directly. Our study compared the findings of these approaches. Such an evaluation is necessary because cross--sectional studies are currently a primary source of information for coaches when examining what factors to train to enhance performance. The countermovement jump of forty four males was analysed before and after an eight week training intervention. Correlations with jump height were calculated using both cross--sectional (pre--training data only) and pre--to--post training change data. Eight factors identified in the cross--sectional analysis were not significantly correlated with a change in jump height in the pre--to--post analysis. Additionally, only six of eleven factors identified in the pre--to--post analysis were identified in the cross--sectional analysis. These findings imply that: (a) not all factors identified in a cross--sectional analysis may be critical to jump height improvement, and (b) cross--sectional analyses alone may not provide an insight into all of the potential factors to train to enhance jump height. Coaches must be aware of these limitations when examining cross--sectional studies to identify factors to train to enhance jump ability. Additional findings highlight that while exercises prescribed to improve jump height should aim to enhance concentric power production at all joints, a particular emphasis on enhancing hip joint peak power may be warranted.

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Anthropometric, physiological and maturational characteristics in selected elite and non-elite male adolescent basketball players

Cited by 156 publications

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Allometric Variation in Modern Humans and the Relationship Between Body Proportions and Elite Athletic Success

Allometric Variation in Modern Humans and the Relationship Between Body Proportions and Elite Athletic Success

Skeletal age and explosive strength in young volleyball players

Biomechanical Factors Associated With Jump Height

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