Predicting Performance and Injury Resilience From Movement Quality and Fitness Scores in a Basketball Team Over 2 Years

Relationship between physical fitness and game-related statistics in elite professional basketball players: Regular season vs. playoffs

“…For instance, in basketball, the most winning teams are considered those with higher numbers of successful free-throws, rebounds 7 , and steals, and opponent's turnovers 8 . On the other hand, few studies have focused on professional players during a competitive season, analyzing their anthropometric and physical adaptations in relationship with game-related statistics 2,[9][10][11] . Particularly, no publications that have analyzed the performance of players in two distinct moments of the competition phase, i.e.…”

Relationship Between Pre-Season Testing Performance and Playing Time among NCAA DII Basketball Players

“…This is consistent with research demonstrating lane agility (r=-0.59), to be a strong and consistent predictor of game performance. 16 These findings indicate the ability of physical performance testing to predict on field performance and subsequent playing time in basketball athletes.…”

“…11 These authors also observed a low correlation between upper body strength, measured by a 1-RM bench press (r=0.14) and playing time in the same population. 11 Lower body power as measured by a vertical jump (r=0.58) 11 and standing long jump (r=0.67) 16 has shown to have a strong correlation, whereas aerobic capacity (r=-0.42), 27 m sprint performance (r=-0.62) and t-test (r=-0.33) to have strong and consistent correlates of playing time in DI male basketball players, respectively. This is consistent with research demonstrating lane agility (r=-0.59), to be a strong and consistent predictor of game performance.…”

“…15 As a result it is therefore difficult to quantify "success" in a manner that is easy to analyze, 4,15 when making comparisons between vastly different playing positions and level of play. Consequently, several research studies have examined the relationship between performance tests and playing time, 11,16 in an attempt to determine the physical attributes associated with greater playing time and successful basketball performance.…”

“…From a standing start at the left hand corner of the free throw line facing the baseline (cone A), players were instructed to sprint forward to the 1 st cone at the baseline (cone B), shuffle right to the 2 nd cone at the baseline (cone C), run backward to the 3 rd cone at the free throw line (cone D), shuffle left to the 4 th cone at the free throw line (cone A), change directions to shuffle to the right back to the 3 rd cone (cone D), sprint forward to the 2 nd cone (cone C), shuffle left to the 1 st cone (cone B), and finish by backpedaling to the 4 th cone at the original start position (cone A). 16 Time required to complete each trial was measured using a dual beam electronic system (TC-System, Brower Timing Systems, Draper, UT, USA). Each subject was allowed 3 attempts with the fastest time being recorded to the nearest 0.01 s. The lane agility test has been shown to be a reliable assessment of change of direction ability in basketball athletes (ICC=0.99, CV=8.71%).…”