{"id":2696,"date":"2009-10-01T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T09:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/attivita-scientifica\/aerobic-and-explosive-power-performance-of-elite-italian-regional-level-basketball-players\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:33:15","slug":"aerobic-and-explosive-power-performance-of-elite-italian-regional-level-basketball-players","status":"publish","type":"attivita-scientifica","link":"https:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/en\/attivita-scientifica\/aerobic-and-explosive-power-performance-of-elite-italian-regional-level-basketball-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerobic and explosive power performance of elite italian regional-level basketball players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Castagna C<sup>1,2<\/sup>, Chaouachi A<sup>3<\/sup>, Rampinini E<sup>4<\/sup>, Chamari K<sup>3<\/sup>, Impellizzeri FM<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy;2, Scuola Regionale dello Sport delle Marche, Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI), Ancona, Italy;3, Research Unit \u2019\u2019Evaluation, Sport, Sante\u00b4,\u2019\u2019 National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia;4, Human Performance Laboratory, S.S. MAPEI, Castellanza, Varese, Italy;5, Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/JSCR-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/JSCR-3.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/JSCR-3-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The aim of this study was to examine the aerobic fitness and lower-limbs explosive-power abilities of Italian regional-level amateur basketball players. Participants were basketball players playing successfully at a senior (S, n = 11) and junior (J, n = 11) regional level. Players maximal oxygen uptake (VO<sub>2max<\/sub>) was assessed with them wearing a portable gas analyzer (K4b, COSMED, Rome, Italy) during an exercise mode-specific multistage fitness test (yo-yo endurance test [Yo-Yo]). Knee extensors and plantar flexors explosive power was assessed with countermovement jump (CMJ) and stiff-leg jumps (SL), respectively. Jumps were performed using a switch mat connected to a computer (Muscle Lab, Bosco System, Rome, Italy). Jumps&#8217; fly (FT) and contact times (CT) were used for jump performances calculations. Stiff-Leg FT versus CT ratio (SL\/CT) was considered as representative of lower-leg explosive power, whereas SL\/CMJ.100 was considered as sign of the explosive-power balance between lower and upper leg muscles. Players&#8217; VO<sub>2max<\/sub> was 60.88 +\/- 6.26 and 50.33 +\/- 3.98 mL*kg<sup>-1<\/sup>*min<sup>-1<\/sup> for J and S, respectively (p &lt; 0.05). A significant difference was found in SL\/CT between S and J players. Yo-Yo performance was not significantly different between groups (2,055 +\/- 267 and 2,020 +\/- 174 m for S and J, respectively, p &gt; 0.05). Lower-leg explosive power showed to be positively related to distance covered during Yo-Yo. Study results showed that 50 mL*kg<sup>-1<\/sup>*min<sup>-1<\/sup> is a sufficient VO<sub>2max <\/sub>value for competing at a regional level. Calf explosive power should be considered to improve sport-specific running performance in basketball using plyometrics and whole body lifts.<\/p>\n<p>J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Oct;23(7):1982-7.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"identifier pubmed\"><span class=\"id-label\">PMID:\u00a0<\/span><strong class=\"current-id\" title=\"PubMed ID\">19855321\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>DOI: <a class=\"id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1519\/jsc.0b013e3181b7f941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-category=\"full_text\" data-ga-action=\"DOI\">10.1519\/JSC.0b013e3181b7f941<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8155,"template":"","categories":[865,852,859],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-2696","attivita-scientifica","type-attivita-scientifica","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-2-en","category-pallacanestro-en","category-testing-en","tag-ermanno-rampinini-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aerobic and explosive power performance of elite italian regional-level basketball players - 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