Comparison of Mood in Basketball Players in Iran League 2 and Relation with Team Cohesion and Performance

Correlation between Factors of Psychological Preparation and Physical Condition and Team Performance in Latvian Youth Basketball

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences ◽

10.33607/bjshs.v4i71.479 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (71) ◽

Author(s):

Zermena Vazne

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Physical Condition ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

Team Cohesion ◽

Practice Research ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Psychological Preparation ◽

Team Success ◽

And Performance

Topicality of the research stems out of theoretically argued and empirically proved facts, analyzing the test results of Latvian youth national basketball teams in the preparation period before the European Championship Games in 2007 and 2008. Scientific investigation of dominating factors of athletes’ psychological preparation and physical condition requires research as there is a range of discrepancies: imbalance between the increasing number of important competitions and athletes’ inability to maintain concentration for a long time at the necessary level as it affects the quality of performance; the discrepancy between players’ opinion about the cohesion level necessary in winning teams and the real situation; imbalance between the belief that psychological preparedness is one of the most important parts of the preparation process and the inability to use theory in practice. Research aim is to evaluate the correlation between the Latvian National Youth Basketball Team players’ psychological preparation and physical condition factor structure and performance. The research methods: testing, inquiry, the analysis of game score sheets; mathematical statistics. Researching team cohesion and team success (performance) in sport, A. Carron, S. Bray and M. Eys (2002) analysed whether team cohesion correlated with team success. They concluded that there was a mutual connection between team cohesion in GI-U and ATG-U scales and team success (r = 0.60 and r = 0.62 (p = 0.01)) and much attention was paid to the content of the ATG-T scale (Carron, Bray, Eys, 2002). But in the research carried out in Latvia the connection between GI-U and GI-S, and team success (performance) (r = 0.60 and r = 0.598 (p = 0.01)) was found. “Success” was characterized by ranged percentage of team wins and loses (their rank was processed with the help of SPSS programme). We suppose that the differences were determined by applying different research design or the differences in the players’ mentality. In the course of the research the criteria to evaluate the content of the factor structure elements were established and the recommendations to improve the content were developed. As a result of the factor analysis of the young basketball players’ psychological preparation and physical condition indices three factors were obtained — “team cohesion”, “physical condition and emotional stability”, and “motivation and self-regulation”. The results in the complex research in Latvian youth teams allow to make suggestions how to optimize basketball players’ training, based upon statistically significant correlation coefficients. The analysis of the results shows that working with young Latvian athletes more attention should be paid to the improvement of the players’ self-regulation skills, understanding the importance of emotions and emotional conditions in sport, as well as the development of concentration and imagination abilities and to the content of team cohesion structure characterising scale (ATG-T, GI-T, GI-S).Keywords: team cohesion, mental stability, basketball

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Hand Preference and Performance in Basketball Tasks

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16224336 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (22) ◽

pp. 4336 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emanuela Gualdi-Russo ◽

Natascia Rinaldo ◽

Alba Pasini ◽

Luciana Zaccagni

Keyword(s):

Professional Training ◽

Factor Model ◽

Hand Preference ◽

Control Group ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Left Hand ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

And Performance ◽

The Right

The aims of this study were to develop and validate an instrument to quantitatively assess the handedness of basketballers in basketball tasks (Basketball Handedness Inventory, BaHI) and to compare it with their handedness in daily activities by the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI). The participants were 111 basketballers and 40 controls. All subjects completed the EHI and only basketballers filled in the BaHI. To validate the BaHI, a voluntary subsample of basketballers repeated the BaHI. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-factor model. Our results show that: (i) Handedness score (R) in daily actions did not differ between basketball players (R by EHI = 69.3 ± 44.6) and the control group (R by EHI = 64.5 ± 58.6); (ii) basketballers more frequently favored performing certain sport tasks with the left hand or mixed hands (as highlighted by R by BaHI = 50.1 ± 47.1), although their choice was primarily the right hand in everyday gestures; and (iii) this preference was especially true for athletes at the highest levels of performance (R by BaHI of A1 league = 38.6 ± 58.3) and for those playing in selected roles (point guard’s R = 29.4 ± 67.4). Our findings suggest that professional training induces handedness changes in basketball tasks. The BaHI provides a valid and reliable measure of the skilled hand in basketball. This will allow coaches to assess mastery of the ball according to the hand used by the athlete in the different tasks and roles.

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Investigation of Body Awareness Level and Performance Emotional Status of Athletes in Different Branches of Sports

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation ◽

10.1123/jsr.2018-0334 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 23-27

Author(s):

Arzu Erden ◽

Murat Emirzeoğlu

Keyword(s):

Normal Distribution ◽

Body Awareness ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

The Body ◽

Distribution Data ◽

Emotional Status ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sports Clubs ◽

And Performance

Context: The level of body awareness, performance emotional state (PES), and demographic characteristics in different sports are subjects to be investigated. It is important to examine the concepts of PES and body awareness to better understand the body–mind relationship in different sports. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the level of body awareness and PES of athletes. Design: In this cross-sectional study, the independent variables are groups (4 different sports), and the dependent variables are body awareness and PES. Participants: The study was conducted on 188 licensed athletes (85 footballers, 36 basketball players, 34 handball players, and 33 swimmers). The mean age of the participants was 14.64 (1.89) years, mean height was 172.44 (11.03) cm, and mean body weight was 62.35 (13.12) kg. Settings: Four sports clubs and 2 high schools were the intervention facilities. Intervention: Body Awareness Questionnaire and Continuous Optimal Performance Emotional Status Scale-2 were used for data collection. Sociodemographic information was recorded. Main Outcome Measures: One-way analysis of variance was used for analysis of normal distribution data in 4 different groups, and the Kruskal–Wallis test was used for the analysis of data that did not show normal distribution. Results: There was no difference in body awareness among the branches (P = .17). The PES of the footballers was better than that of other athletes (P = .01). The correlation between body awareness and PES was medium (r = .47, P < .01), and the correlations between body awareness and age, licensed year, and number of weekly training sessions were weak (r = .22, P < .01; r = .19, P < .01; r = .15, P = .03). Conclusions: The body awareness of athletes may not differ among different sports, but PES is related to many factors such as mood, age, license years, and number of training sessions. In rehabilitation and training, body awareness and PES should be evaluated together.

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The Relationship among Goal Orientation, Self Management, and Team Cohesion of Korean Professional Basketball Players

Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies ◽

10.51979/kssls.2015.05.60.387 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 60 ◽

pp. 387-397

Author(s):

Ji-Hang Lee

Keyword(s):

Goal Orientation ◽

Team Cohesion ◽

Self Management ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Professional Basketball ◽

The Relationship

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Shooting efficiency and structure of shooting in 3 × 3 basketball compared to 5v5 basketball

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ◽

10.1177/1747954119887722 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 91-98

Author(s):

Frane Erčulj ◽

Matic Vidic ◽

Bojan Leskošek

Keyword(s):

Olympic Games ◽

Performance Level ◽

Long Distance ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Male And Female ◽

And Performance ◽

Age Category

This article presents and analyses certain playing characteristics of men's and women's 3 × 3 basketball in relation to shooting at the basket. Our intention was to compare this young and developing basketball discipline with the more established and traditional 5v5 basketball. For this purpose, over 400 matches were analysed in the U18 age category during the men’s and women’s European Championship (5v5 Basketball) and the Youth Olympic Games (3 × 3 Basketball). The research confirms some differences in the efficiency and structure of shooting. It can generally be said that male and female 3 × 3 basketball players take more long-distance shots (behind the 6.75 m line) and take fewer free throws than their counterparts in 5v5 basketball. When shooting from behind the 6.75 m line, both male and female 3 × 3 basketball players are less efficient than their 5v5 basketball counterparts, and similar applies to free throws. The reasons for these differences may entail many factors, including differences in the game rules, the playing conditions on outdoor courts, different technical and tactical requirements and the characteristics (style) of playing as well as the quality and performance level of basketball players.

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The Role of Quiet Eye Duration and Its Components in a Complex Far-Aiming Task

Journal of Motor Learning and Development ◽

10.1123/jmld.2019-0048 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 516-527

Author(s):

Samira Moeinirad ◽

Behrouz Abdoli ◽

Alireza Farsi ◽

Nasour Ahmadi

Keyword(s):

Visual Information ◽

Gaze Behavior ◽

Movement Initiation ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Relative Contribution ◽

Quiet Eye ◽

Performance Accuracy ◽

Infrared Cameras ◽

And Performance

The quiet eye is a characteristic of highly skilled perceptual and motor performance that is considered as the final fixation toward a target before movement initiation. The aim of this study was to extend quiet eye–related knowledge by investigating expertise effects on overall quiet eye duration among expert and near-expert basketball players, as well as to determine the relative contribution of early and late visual information in a basketball jump shot by comparing the timing components of quiet eye duration (early and late quite eye). Twenty-seven expert and near-expert male basketball players performed the jump shots. Gaze was recorded with the SensoMotoric Instruments eye tracking glasses and shooting performance accuracy was evaluated by scoring each shot on a scale of 1–8. Six infrared cameras circularly arranged around the participants were used to collect the kinematic information of the players. The performance accuracy, gaze behavior, and kinematic characteristics of the participants during the test were calculated. The experts with longer quiet eye duration had better performance in a basketball jump shot compared to the near-experts. Also the experts had longer early and late quiet eye duration than the near-experts. The results revealed a relationship between quiet eye duration and performance. The combined visual strategy is a more efficient strategy in complex far-aiming tasks such as a basketball jump shot.

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