“…The effectiveness of the training process for high-profile basketball players depends on a properly organized basic stage of training aimed at ensuring the physical and technical fitness of young athletes (Cieślicka et al, 2019;Erčulj, Blas, Bračič, 2010). The study of morphological features, in accordance with the requirements of the sport, the determination of sensitive periods of development of basic physical qualities, the diagnosis of the ability to learn various exercises, allow trainers to select, optimally combine and, if necessary, adjust training tools and #0# Comparison, Assessment of the Relations of Anthropometric and Motor Characteristics of Basketball Players However, only a few studies examined the relationships between physical and special fitness in groups of young athletes (Cieślicka et al, 2019;El-Shafee, Kapouh, 2016;Kozina et al, 2018). In the context of our study, the data of El-Shafee, Kapouh (2016) are important, which reported a significant positive correlation between the indices of coordination abilities and basic basketball skills in 12-year-old athletes.…”