{"id":3868,"date":"2018-09-03T14:54:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T12:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/?post_type=attivita-scientifica&#038;p=3868"},"modified":"2023-03-14T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T11:38:39","slug":"the-physical-profile-of-adult-male-basketball-players-differences-between-competitive-levels-and-playing-positions","status":"publish","type":"attivita-scientifica","link":"https:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/en\/attivita-scientifica\/the-physical-profile-of-adult-male-basketball-players-differences-between-competitive-levels-and-playing-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"The physical profile of adult male basketball players: Differences between competitive levels and playing positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferioli D<sup>1<\/sup>, Rampinini E<sup>2<\/sup>, Bosio A<sup>2<\/sup>, La Torre A<sup>1<\/sup>, Azzolini M<sup>1,2<\/sup>, Coutts AJ<sup>3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>1, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy; 2, Human Performance Laboratory, Mapei Sport Research Centre, Olgiate Olona, VA, Italy; 3, Sport and Exercise Discipline Group, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JSS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This study examined the physical differences in adult male basketball players of different competitive level and playing position using a large cohort. In the middle of the regular season, 129 players from four different Divisions completed a Yo-YoIR1 and, after 3-to-8 days, they performed a 6-min continuous running test (Mognoni&#8217;s test), a counter-movement jump (CMJ) test and a 5-min High-intensity Intermittent running test (HIT). Magnitude-based inferences revealed that differences in HIT were very likely moderate between Division I and II and likely small between Division II and III. The differences in absolute peak power and force produced during CMJs between Division I and II and between Division II and III were possibly small. Differences in Yo-YoIR1 and Mognoni&#8217;s test were very likely-to-almost certain moderate\/large between Division III and VI. We observed possibly-to-likely small differences in HIT and Mognoni&#8217;s test between guards and forwards and almost certainly moderate differences in absolute peak power and force during CMJs between guards and centres. The ability to sustain high-intensity intermittent efforts (i.e. HIT) and strength\/power characteristics can differentiate between competitive level, while strength\/power characteristics discriminate guards from forwards\/centres. These findings inform practitioners on the development of identification programs and training activities in basketball.<\/p>\n<p>J Sports Science 2018 Nov.\u00a0Epub 2018 Apr\u00a026;<\/p>\n<p>PMID: 29697296 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02640414.2018.1469241\">10.1080\/02640414.2018.1469241<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8713,"template":"","categories":[865,852,873,859],"tags":[437,366,441,649,650,651,652,653,369,654],"class_list":["post-3868","attivita-scientifica","type-attivita-scientifica","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-2-en","category-pallacanestro-en","category-sport-performance-en","category-testing-en","tag-andrea-bosio-en","tag-competitive-level-en","tag-davide-ferioli-en","tag-intermittent-exercise-en","tag-journal-of-sport-science-en","tag-matteo-azzolini-en","tag-playing-role-en","tag-rampinini-ermanno-en","tag-vertical-jump-en","tag-yo-yo-test-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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