Anthropometry and fitness profile, and their relationships with technical performance and perceived effort during small-sided basketball games

Comparative Characteristics and Assessment of the Relations of Anthropometric Indicators and Motor Abilities of Girls’ Basketball Players 12-14 Years Old

“…Thus, body weight moderately correlates with the height of the vertical jump of basketball players aged 11-13 years (Nikolaidis et al, 2015). The presence of a statistically significant correlation between body weight and the results in the test TBBDP by basketball players of the U12 group, which we identified is consistent with the previously obtained data (Bilali et al, 2017;Clemente et al, 2019). No statistically significant correlation between body height, physical and special fitness indicators of basketball players of both groups was revealed, which is indirectly confirmed by other studies, which reported that the body height of 14-18-year-old male players does not affect the results in dexterity tests (Jakovljević et al, 2011;Šišić, Sekulić, 2014).…”

“…In this study, Pearson's correlation analysis showed a significant association for athletes of the U12 group between VJ and ESST, and for athletes of U14 between the VJ and Agility T test, VJ and FT. This significant relationship between special preparedness indicators is supported by other studies (Clemente et al, 2019;Garcia-Gil et al, 2018;McCormick, 2014;Shahdadi, Alisoufi, 2017) and allows them to be interpreted as evidence of the interdependence of the parameters of the motor function. Indirectly, this may indicate sufficient elasticity of muscle fibers, which in turn is an important component of the ability of muscles to develop working effort, for example, in jumping, for accelerations, sudden movements in order to change direction.…”

“…Indirectly, this may indicate sufficient elasticity of muscle fibers, which in turn is an important component of the ability of muscles to develop working effort, for example, in jumping, for accelerations, sudden movements in order to change direction. Note that the relationship between VJ and the result of FT in the group of athletes U14 confirms the opinion that the jerky movement (jump), that is, the work of the legs, in a functional sense determines the kinematic background of the actions of the hands of basketball players with a free throw (Clemente et al, 2019;McCormick, 2014). Together they constitute a component of the system, where each represents a unity of variability and stability of the individual elements of its components.…”

“…Comparison of the results obtained by us with the results of other studies of young athletes-basketball players is limited by the small number of studies with the identical design and contingent of participants. Therefore, the results of this study were also compared with the results of studies of young basketball players and data for adult female basketball players (Clemente et al, 2019;Shahdadi, Alisoufi, 2017;Šišić, Sekulić, 2014). However, this fact does not exclude the use of the tests we have chosen, since these tests are successfully practiced in basketball.…”

“…The strength of the lower extremities, measured by a vertical jump, is an important factor in determining competitive success in basketball (Clemente et al, 2019;McCormick, 2014). The revealed strong positive correlation between body weight and the height of the vertical jump of the youngest female athletes, apparently means that at the age of 10-12 years, for beginner athletes, a large body mass causes a tendency to increase the height of the jump.…”