Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of shooting skill with the functional performances and attention levels of professional basketball players. Sixteen male basketball players (age = 20.6 ± 2.30) from university basketball team who were trained on regular basis participated in this study as volunteers. Participants' body height and body weight were measured and body mass indexes were calculated. D2 test of attention was utilized to determine the focus levels. Shooting skills were determined by shooting tests. Spearman Correlation Analysis was utilized to determine the correlation of shooting skill with functional movement performances and attention levels of participants. There was a moderate level of negative correlation (rho = -0.57; p<0.05) between the shooting skill scores and deep squat scores which is one of the functional movement performances. A moderate level of positive correlation (rho = 0.54; p<0.05) between TN-E (Total number of items processed-Total error score) scores and shooting skill scores were determined. Consequently, as the deep squat values of professional basketball players increases, the shooting skill decreases and with the increasing attention level, shooting skill increases.
Highlights
Basketball is characterized by intensive body contact, frequent intermittent running and jumping, demanding one-on-one situations, quick direction changes in combination with challenging technique, and coordination aspects like catching, throwing, passing, and dribbling (Arendt and Dick, 2015; Piasecki, Spindler, Warren, Andrish and Parker, 2013)
There was no relationship between in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight leg raise, trunk push-up, rotary stability, Functional Movement Screen (FMS) total score and shooting skill scores of basketball players (p>0.05)
There was no relationship between concentration scores and shooting skill scores (p>0.05)
Summary
Basketball is characterized by intensive body contact, frequent intermittent running and jumping, demanding one-on-one situations, quick direction changes in combination with challenging technique, and coordination aspects like catching, throwing, passing, and dribbling (Arendt and Dick, 2015; Piasecki, Spindler, Warren, Andrish and Parker, 2013). One of the two main purposes of basketball is to make a good shot to score and the other one is to take necessary precautions against the opponent who is trying to score by shooting (Krause, Meyer and Meyer, 2008). Among all the physical skills utilized in game, most difficult to develop and most important one is the shooting ability (Wissel, 2011). It is believed that unpredictable factors such as importance of the game, attitude of the coach, opponent's defensive ability and mental state of the player affect the players shooting performance, as well as the predictable factors like competition atmosphere, intensity of noise, light and scene behind the basket (Isik and Gencer, 2007; Bayraktar and Kurtoglu, 2009)
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