Jump higher, run faster: effects of diversified sport participation on talent identification and selection in youth basketball

Arede, Jorge; Esteves, Pedro; Ferreira, António Paulo; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, Nuno

doi:10.1080/02640414.2019.1626114

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“…The study used a discriminant model to identify the cause-and-effect relationships that influence motor skills development in 7-year-old schoolchildren. The study confirmed the effectiveness of using a discriminant function to determine the indicators that have the greatest weight in assessing gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren's motor fitness; supplemented the data on using discriminant analysis in physical education and sports (de Bruijn & Gardner, 2011;Arede, Esteves, Ferreira, Sampaio, & Leite, 2019;Brusseau & Burns, 2018). As in the study by Lovell, Fransen, Bocking, and Coutts (2019), discriminant analysis revealed the importance of motor skills development in school-age children for further improvement of motor fitness.…”

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Gender-Related Peculiarities of 7-Year-Old Schoolchildren’s Motor Fitness

Іващенко

Nosko

Bartík

et al. 2020

Teor. metod. fiz. vihov.

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The purpose of the study was to identify gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren’s motor fitness. Materials and methods. The study participants were 59 7-year-old schoolchildren (girls – 27, boys – 32). The children and their parents were informed about all the features of the study and gave their consent to participate in the experiment. The study used the following research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observations, testing of motor fitness, probabilistic approach to assessing the learning process, methods of mathematical statistics. The study recorded the primary schoolchildren’s level of proficiency in gymnastic exercises. The coefficient was determined by the formula: p = (m/n)×100, where p is the level of proficiency, m is the number of successfully performed exercises, n is the total number of attempts to perform the exercise. In the experiment, the study controlled the level of proficiency in the following exercises: forward roll; backward roll; shoulderstand with bent legs. Results. The differences in the development level of movement coordination of individual parts of the body and vestibular stability are not statistically significant; in the 7-year-old girls and boys, there is a statistically significant difference in the development level of strength, speed strength, speed, endurance, and the level of proficiency in acrobatic exercises. Conclusions. A canonical discriminant function can be used to classify and identify the indicators that have the greatest weight in assessing gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren’s motor fitness. In assessing gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren’s motor fitness, these indicators include the level of proficiency in acrobatic exercises, the level of relative strength of shoulder flexors, endurance, and speed strength.

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confidence: 63%

Gender-Related Peculiarities of 7-Year-Old Schoolchildren’s Motor Fitness

Іващенко

Nosko

Bartík

et al. 2020

Teor. metod. fiz. vihov.

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“…Jumping capacity has been established as one of the most prevalent tests in soccer and basketball due to its inherent role as a principal action of the game, and as an important neuromuscular power output measure [63,64]. Since soccer and basketball players are required to win duels in the air to gain advantage over the opponent, there is a need to optimize jumping ability from early ages, attending to specific sport demands [65,66], thus it is a training goal for coaches aiming at improving both strength and sport-specific technical skills [13]. In line with this, vertical jump height is crucial for an efficient ball heading (i.e., when an athlete attempts to play the ball in the air with his or her head) in soccer players, with interception, a head pass, clearance or shot the final purpose of the action [67,68], whereas horizontal jump distance has been positively correlated with successful rebounds and block actions per game in basketball players [69].…”

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Comparison of multidirectional jump performance and lower limb passive range of motion profile between soccer and basketball young players

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This study was performed aimed at comparing multidirectional bilateral and unilateral jump performance and passive range of motion (ROM) of lower limbs between soccer and basketball young players and evaluating associations between inter-limb ROM asymmetry and bilateral jump performance. A total of 67 young male athletes participated in this study, who were classified as soccer (n = 40; 15.55 ± 1.5 y; 1.76 ± 0.12 m; 58.15 ± 10.82 kg; 19.84 ± 2.98 kg·m2) and basketball (n = 27; 15.7 ± 1.66 y; 1.76 ± 0.12 m; 62.33 ± 16.57 kg; 19.84 ± 2.98 kg·m2) players. Participants were asked to perform bilateral and unilateral multidirectional jumps, and passive ROM of hip (flexion, extension and abduction), knee (flexion) and ankle (dorsiflexion) joints was also assessed. Significant between-group differences were observed for hip extension with flexed knee ROM in dominant (soccer: 142.43 ± 7.74°; basketball: 148.63 ± 8.10°) and non-dominant (soccer: 144.38 ± 8.36°; basketball: 148.63 ± 6.45°) legs; hip flexion with flexed knee ROM in dominant (soccer: 13.26 ± 4.71°; basketball: 9.96 ± 3.42°) and non-dominant (soccer: 12.86 ± 4.55°; basketball: 9.70 ± 3.62°) legs; and for the ratio of hip abduction (soccer: 1.02 ± 0.08; basketball: 0.97 ± 0.11). However, no significant between-group differences were observed for bilateral and unilateral jump capacity, or for inter-limb asymmetries (dominant vs. non-dominant leg). Finally, no associations were observed between ROM ratio (dominant vs. non-dominant leg) and bilateral jump performance. These findings lead to the suggestion that differences on passive ROM values in young male athletes may be sport-specific. Additionally, there seems to be need for the implementation of training strategies specifically aimed at improving bilateral or unilateral jump ability, or at diminishing inter limb passive ROM differences in order to improve multidirectional jump performance for neither soccer nor basketball youth male players.

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“…Additional benefits have been associated to smaller communities. In fact, children seem to allocate more time to the multi-faceted process of learning the sport skills that are relevant to their specific sport or being able to practice sport in a less structured environment ("deliberate play"), in such a way that it favors the development of tactical creativity and perceptual and decision-making capacity (Berry et al, 2008;Greco et al, 2010;Memmert et al, 2010;Ford et al, 2011;Leite and Sampaio, 2012;Arede et al, 2019a).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Related to physical advantages, critical in childhood and adolescence, the relatively older athletes are generally considered to have greater potential and consequently with an increased likelihood of being selected to play and practice in a more challenging environment, and to be supervised by more experienced coaches, what may eventually lead to improved feedback mechanism and competitiveness (Musch and Grondin, 2001;Bezuglov et al, 2019). In contrast, relatively late-born athletes are more unlikely to obtain similar early opportunities, which will inevitably make their road to success more difficult (Arede et al, 2019a).…”

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The Influence of Contextual Aspects in Talent Development: Interaction Between Relative Age and Birthplace Effects in NBA-Drafted Players

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Arede²,

Shang³

et al. 2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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The aims of this study were two-fold: (1) to inspect separately for the relative age and birthplace effects for players selected in the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft; (2) to explore the interaction among these factors and analyse this interaction in players' career performance. The database was obtained from the official records of the players (n = 1,738), who were selected during the annual editions of the NBA Draft from 1990 to 2019. The participants' date of birth was analyzed according to the month of birth and divided into four quartiles. The place of birth was compared to the distribution of the general population' places of birth based on different communities' sizes. Chi-square analysis were used to determine if the relative age and birthplace of the players drafted differed in any systematic way from official census population distributions. Cluster analysis and standardized residuals were calculated to analyse the interaction among the contextual factors and the players' career performance. The data revealed that early-born players (Q1 and Q2) were over-represented. Moreover, players born in smaller cities (<100,000) were over-represented. The interaction analysis revealed that the players born in the bigger communities relate mainly with relatively younger players, and clusters that correspond to players born in smaller communities integrated the relatively older players. No differences were found in the players' career performance. Researchers, coaches and practitioners should be aware of the interaction between contextual factors to help nurture the development of sport talent regardless of age-related issues or communities' size.

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Jump higher, run faster: effects of diversified sport participation on talent identification and selection in youth basketball

Cited by 47 publications

References 37 publications

Gender-Related Peculiarities of 7-Year-Old Schoolchildren’s Motor Fitness

Gender-Related Peculiarities of 7-Year-Old Schoolchildren’s Motor Fitness

Comparison of multidirectional jump performance and lower limb passive range of motion profile between soccer and basketball young players

The Influence of Contextual Aspects in Talent Development: Interaction Between Relative Age and Birthplace Effects in NBA-Drafted Players

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