The Relationship Between Muscle Strength, Anaerobic Performance, Agility, Sprint Ability and Vertical Jump Performance in Professional Basketball Players

Utku Alemdaroğlu

doi:10.2478/v10078-012-0016-6

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between isokinetic knee strength, anaerobic performance, sprinting ability, agility and vertical jump performance in first division basketball players. Twelve male first division basketball players participated in this study. The mean age was 25.1 ± 1.7 yrs; mean body height 194.8 ± 5.7 cm; mean body mass 92.3± 9.8 kg; mean PBF 10.1± 5.1; and mean VO2max 50.55 ± 6.7 ml/kg/min Quadriceps and hamstrings were measured at 60° and 180°/s, anaerobic performance was evaluated using the Wingate anaerobic power test, sprint ability was determined by single sprint performance (10–30 m), jump performance was evaluated by countermovement (CMJ) and squat jump (SJ) tests and agility performance was measured using the T drill agility test. Quadriceps strength was significantly correlated with peak power at all contraction velocities. However, for mean power, significant correlation was only found between the 60° left and 180° right knee quadriceps measurements. No measure of strength was significantly related to the measurements from/results of field tests. Moreover, strong relations were found between the performance of athletes in different field tests (p< 0.05). The use of correlation analysis is the limitation of the this study.

Highlights

Basketball is an aerobic-based anaerobic sport (Delextrat and Cohen, 2009; Meckell et al, 2009; Metaxas et al, 2009) which requires high intensity activities such as jumping, turns, dribbles, sprints, screens and low intensity activities such as walking, stopping and jogging
Subjects and Experimental Approach Twelve male first division basketball players participated in this study
The subjects were informed about the possible risks and benefits of the study and gave their informed consent to participate in this study, which was approved by the Clinical Research Ethical Committee of Pamukkale University

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Introduction

Basketball is an aerobic-based anaerobic sport (Delextrat and Cohen, 2009; Meckell et al, 2009; Metaxas et al, 2009) which requires high intensity activities such as jumping (for rebounds, blocks and shots), turns, dribbles, sprints, screens and low intensity activities such as walking, stopping and jogging. Take-off power, speed, and agility are abilities that make an important contribution to efficient movement with and without the ball, play an important role in basketball technique and tactics (Erculj et al, 2010). The level of these abilities, that is, the motor potential, is most often measured using various motor tests with and without the ball (Colli et al, 1987). Motor tests are the most suitable and applicable because they are implemented in conditions similar to those of training or competition (Erculj et al, 2010)

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