Achieving superior performance parameters in major competitions has highlighted a number of issues that characterize the current basketball game practiced by the best teams in the world. Depending on the height, role, importance and the effectiveness of players on their positions, specific models are to be observed in the case of senior teams [1]. In this paper we present a comparative study regarding the parameters’ models in the men's basketball games during the World Championships in Japan - 2006, in Turkey - 2010 and in Spain - 2014. Along with data interpretation, we tried to effectively bring our scientific contribution in shaping a model significant for the international basketball games, useful for the specialists in the field. Centralization of the statistical data used in our study was useful in calculating the averages for each game parameter and the increasing value for each tournament, managing to achieve a precise statistical comparison. The values encountered in this comparative research showed growth or regression trends for the game parameters. In conclusion, trends of progress or regress, referring to the statistical model parameters involved in the game, pragmatically showed, that in the game of basketball – training is the key to success.

Medical students have an increased risk of developing psychological and eating disorders due to the academic stress and the degree of physical activity. The stress during the exam session affects eating attitudes, mental health and physical activity. The aim of the study was to analyse the eating behaviors, mental status and grades of physical activity before and during exam session in medical college students.We performed an analytical observational study in a population of 78 undergraduate 1 st and 2 nd year medical students (66 girls and 12 boys). Eating-related attitudes were studied using the EAT-26questionnaire. Anxiety and depression scores were evaluated with GAD7 and PHQ-9 questionnaires.Physical activity was also assessed. All of the questionnaires were given before and during the exam session. The scores of EAT 26 questionnaire reflect a normal reporting of dieting attitudes, regardless of the time of evaluation. Regarding assessment of anxiety (GAD7) and depression (PHQ-9), an increase in the number of cases of severe anxiety and depression during the exams session was shown. In addition, the physical activity index dropped significantly during the exam period. The academic and psychological stress during the exam session affected the mental status of the medical students causing an increase in the anxiety and depressions scores. Also, the physical activity diminished, emphasizing their psychological state. No significant changes in eating behavior were observed.

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Introduction The health benefits of regular physical activity are clear. More students should engage in physical activity every day of the week. Participating in physical activity from the sport lessons is very safe for most students. Aim In this study we want to ascertain the health status of the students at the beginning of the academic year, in order to have a more efficient didactic design and to identify the possible medical conditions that can generate health risks during physical exercises. Methods The study was performed using the PARQ+ questionnaire (The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire) and body mass index. These were applied to a number of 235 subjects, students in higher medical education. Results The results showed that 71.07% of the students have no health problems and are fit for physical effort, and 28.93% of them were identified with various activity-limiting medical conditions. The results obtained by calculating the BMI show us that 69.79% of the subjects are in the normal weight category. Conclusion In conclusion, for most students, physical activity does not involve any risk. Taking into account the high percentage of those with different conditions, knowing the health status of students should represent an important milestone in the activity of teachers, and help them eliminate the risk factors. Thus, almost 3 out of 10 students should check with a doctor about the risks associated with exercising before they begin to become more physically active.

Analysis carried out in our study aims to identify the athletes biomotric level at Steaua Basketball juniors U16 and U18 are halfway through training before the competion wanting to identify the effectiveness of the training programs at a specific period and age or if they applied the use of information to obtain an aim of adjusting the parameters of effort and resources used. Actual testing of the study was realised on a total of  37 athletes from basketball practice with experience of at least 2 years and with an average age of 15.6 years and a 1.90 cm height. Three standardized tests were applied to measure the initial speed, total speed, agility and endurance under speed and they are: running speed over a distance of  20 m, T test, and YoYo test. The results and data obtained showed us that we need changes in the training plan aimed at developing speed and agility biomotrice qualities and for resistance to maintain the same characteristics. In conclusion intermediate, testing in performance sport especially juniors, are absolutely necessary thus realizing real feedback on the effectiveness is planned and the sport periodization is made by coaches.