The role of growth, maturation and sporting environment on the development of performance and technical and tactical skills in youth basketball players: The INEX study
| Autor: | A. Mark Williams, José Maia, Eduardo Guimarães, Manuel A. Janeira, Fernando Tavares, Adam D. G. Baxter-Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Basketball Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject education Applied psychology Aptitude 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Growth Athletic Performance 03 medical and health sciences Biological maturation 0302 clinical medicine Excellence Humans Family Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child media_common Analysis of Variance Family Characteristics Youth Sports Age Factors 030229 sport sciences Physical Functional Performance humanities Systematic testing Body Composition Psychology human activities |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Sports Sciences. 39:979-991 |
| ISSN: | 1466-447X 0264-0414 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we outline a systematic testing programme developed to help identify excellence in youth basketball players. We examine the links between biological maturation and training experience with anthropometry, body composition, physical performance, technical and tactical skills from five age-cohorts, and characterize, in detail, facets of their environment. In total, 238 young basketball players aged 11-15 years, clustered into five age-cohorts (11, 12, 13, 14, 15 years) were recruited. We assessed measures across three domains: (1) biological [anthropometry, body composition, biological maturation and physical performance]; (2) skill/game proficiency [technical skills and tactical skills]; and (3) contextual [family support, coach knowledge and competence and club context]. The data were analysed using one-way ANOVAs and multivariate analysis of covariance adjusting for biological maturation and training experience. We report significant differences favouring older basketball players on most biological and skill/game proficiency variables. However, differences between age-cohorts in physical performance and technical skills were mitigated after controlling for the effects of both covariates. In conclusion, our findings highlight the important role of both biological maturation and training experience on youth basketball players' performance and development. We discuss the implications of these findings for research as well as for athletes, parents, coaches and clubs. |
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