The purpose of this study was to describe morphological characteristics and body composition of the basketball players from First and Second League in Montenegro as well as to make comparation between them. Forty-eight males were enrolled in the study, divided into two groups: twenty-four senior players from the First Basketball League and twenty-four senior players from the Second Basketball League of Montenegro. Morphological characteristics were evaluated by a battery of four variables: body height, body weight, arm span and length of the leg. Body composition were evaluated by a battery of two variables: Body mass index and fat percentage of body. The standard central and dispersive parameters of all variables were calculated. The signifi cance of the diff erences between the basketball players from First and Second League in Montenegro was determined by a t-test for small independent samples. The purpose of this study is to describe the anthropometric characteristics and the body composition of the basketball player, and to determine possible diff erences in relation to the ranking of the competition. The results showed that a signifi cant diff erences was no found for any variable among the group. Therefore, these fi ndings may give coaches knowledge that no signifi cant diff erence between the level of competition. Key words: Basketball, Morphological Characteristics, Body Composition, Montenegro UvodKošarka kao sportska aktivnost je kroz svoju dugogodišnju istoriju doživjela evoluciju od alternativne igre do visoko selektivne sportske grane u kojoj je uspjeh rezervisan isključi-vo za najtalentovanije i najsposobnije pojedince (Vukasevic, 2010). U početnoj fazi pojavljivanja bila je namijenjena i dostupna širokom spektru zainteresovanih, što je dovelo do nevjerovatno brze ekspanzije i popularnosti širom svijeta.Postoji veliki spektar motiva za uključivanje pojedinca u aktivno ili rekreativno bavljenje košarkom, kao sportskom aktivnošću, koje je uslovljeno brojnim željama i potrebama samog korisnika. Na osnovu socijalnih, individualnih i društve-nih potreba, željenih nivoa sportske aktivnosti, vrijednosne ljestvice i vidova angažovanja u sportu, možemo razlikovati nekoliko osnovnih vrsta konzumacije sporta: razvojni sport, rekreativni sport, standardni sport, vrhunski sport ( Havelka & Lazarević, 1981). Razvojni sport je koncipiran tako da se realizuje u praksi fi zičkog vaspitanja, gdje su učesnici djeca i omladina, sa osnovnim ciljem ostvarivanja zadataka fi zičkog vježbanja (Bjelica, i Krivokapic, 2011;Bjelica 2002;Bjelica, 2005). Rekreativni sport u najvećoj mjeri okuplja pojedince usmjerene ka održavanju psihofi zičkih sposobnosti na optimalnom nivou, a karakteriše ga slobodan izbor fi zičke aktivnosti, praćen pravilnom pedagoškom i medicinskom kontro-

The aim of this study was to obtain relevant knowledge about signifi cant diff erences in some anthropometric characteristics of top soccer and basketball players. The sample included 39 male subjects divided into two subsamples. The fi rst subsample included 26 subjects, who trained in the senior selection in the Football club Vojvodina from Novi Sad, while the other subsample included 14 subjects who trained in the senior selection in the Basketball club Vojvodina, from Novi Sad. The variables sample included 20 anthropometric measures that defi ned longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of skeleton, body volume and body mass, and subcutaneous adipose tissue. The results were analysed in a statistical procedure marked as a signifi cance testing of two arithmetic means of the independent samples, a t-test at the level of signifi cance of p<0.05. It was concluded, based on these results that signifi cant diff erences occur in all variables for evaluation of longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of skeleton, as well as for body volume and body mass. When we talk about subcutaneous adipose tissue signifi cant diff erences occur in all variables except for the skinfold of the upper arm.

The aim of this study was to obtain the relevant knowledge about signifi cant diff erences in some anthropometric characteristics of junior soccer and basketball players. The sample included 38 male subjects divided into two subsamples. The fi rst subsample included 25 subjects, who rain in the junior selection in the Football club Vojvodina from Novi Sad, while the other subsample included 13 subjects who train in the junior selection in the Basketball club Vojvodina, from Novi Sad. The variables sample included 20 anthropometric measures that defi ned longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of skeleton, volume and mass of the body, and subcutaneous adipose tissue. The results were analysed in a statistical procedure marked as a signifi cance testing of two arithmetic means of the independent samples, a t-test at the level of signifi cance of p<0.05. It was concluded, based on these results, that signifi cant diff erences occur in body height, bodyweight, elbow diameter, wrist diameter, lower arm circumference (max), lower leg circumference (min) and lower leg circumference (max), while the signifi cant diff erence does not occur in knee diameter, ankle joint diameter, upper arm circumference (min), upper arm circumference (max), lower arm circumference (min), upper leg circumference (min), upper leg circumference (max), upper arm skinfold, lower arm skinfold, thigh skinfold, calf skinfold, chest skinfold and abdomen skinfold.

The purpose of this study was to describe morphological characteristics and body composition of the basketball players from Super League and Second League of Serbia as well as to make comparison between them. Forty-eight males were enrolled in the study, divided into two groups: twenty-four senior players from the Super League and twenty-four senior players from the Second Basketball League of Serbia. Morphological characteristics were evaluated by a battery of four variables: body height, body weight, arm span and leg length. Body composition was evaluated by a battery of two variables: Body mass index and body fat percentage. The standard central and dispersive parameters of all variables were calculated. The signifi cance of the diff erences between the basketball players from the Super League and the Second League of Serbia was determined by a t-test for small independent samples. The purpose of this study is to describe the anthropometric characteristics and body composition of the basketball players, as well as to determine possible diff erences in relation to the ranking of the competition. The results showed that a signifi cant diff erence was found for fi ve variables among the group: body height, body weight, arm span, leg length and body fat percentage, while the diff erence was not observed for body mass index. Therefore, these fi ndings may give coaches knowledge that there are signifi cant diff erences between teams in relation to the rankings of the competition.