Relationship Between Jumping Performance in Various Tasks, Sprint and Agility in Basketball Players

Abstract

A high level of jumping ability is inherent in elite basketball, but the correlation of jumping ability in various tasks with sprint and agility performances, has not been investigated thoroughly. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the correlation of jumping performances in various tasks with sprint and agility in basketball players of different ages. Thirty-six (senior: n=12, age 25.75±5.12 years; under 19: n=12, age 17.25±0.45 years; under 17: n=12, age 15.46±0.32 years) male basketball players volunteered to participate in the study. The jumping performance of the players was determined using squat jump, counter-movement jump, and drop jump tests using a force platform. For each test protocol, commonly used power, force, velocity, and acceleration measures were obtained from the official device software. Sprint ability was evaluated by a 20-m sprint test, while agility was measured by the T-Drill test. Pearson’s correlation and one-way analysis of variance were used for statistical processing. Jumping performance in each task correlated with sprint and agility (p