Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the effects of morphological structures and fatigue levels of pre-pubescent basketball players on basketball passing skill. Twenty-three male basketball players (age = 10.5 ± 0.71) who train regularly participated in the study voluntarily. The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Basketball Pass Test was used to determine participants' passing skills. To determine the fatigue intensity participants were required to perform as many squat thrusts as possible in one minute. The Heath-Carter method was used to determine somatotype characteristics. In the statistical analysis, Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient was used in determining the level of relationship between parameters, while Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was used to determine the difference between rest passing skill and fatigue passing skill. The endomorphic structure had a negative correlation with rest passing and fatigue passing scores (rho = -0.42, -0.55; p <0.05, p <0.01, respectively). The mesomorphic structure had a negative correlation with fatigue passing score (rho = -0.45; p <0.05). A moderate positive correlation was found with the fatigue passing score of the ectomorpic structure (rho = 0.58, p <0.01). Significant differences were found between the passing scores of basketball players' rest and fatigue (p<0.01). As a result, it was determined that both rest and fatigue passing scores decreased with the increased of the endomorphic structure representing the fatness feature and also fatigue passing scores decreased with the increased of the mesomorphic structure. But, fatigue passing score increased with the increased of the ectomorphic structures of basketball players. In addition, the results of the study showed that as the fatigue levels of pre-pubescent basketball players increased, the passing skill levels decreased.
Highlights
Body shape and functions are leading factors in order to gain higher-up sportive performance (Fox, Bowers and Foss, 2012)
When we have examined the studies aimed at the effects of fatigue on some skills and performances of the basketball players, Ahmed (2013) has stated in his study on young basketball players that fatigue decreases the passing hit rate
It can be said that when endomorphy which represents the highness of the fattiness rate of the body (Carter and Heath, 1990; Özer, 1993) increases among pre-pubescent basketball players, it causes decrease in passing skill scores they perform when they are both at rest and tired
Summary
Body shape and functions are leading factors in order to gain higher-up sportive performance (Fox, Bowers and Foss, 2012). The ideal composition and somatotype of the body is an important function of any branch of sports. In the studies carried on the sportsmen, it has been presented that body composition and somatotype features differ in different populations and branches of sports. For this reason, many researchers have studied on different populations branches of sports, developed body composition ratios aimed at this branch of sport and taken advantage of these ratios in their studies (Carter and Heath, 1990; Heyward and Stolarczyk, 1996). Fatigue should not be considered as a single process It is a rather complicated incident which plays role in more than one place in both central nervous system and muscles and consisting of numerous different components
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