scholarly journals The Role of Psychological Qualities in the Process of the Formation of Sports Skill of Young Basketball Players

2017 ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Anatoly Rovniy ◽  
◽  
Vladlena Pasko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Basketball Players

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

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.

scholarly journals The Association Between Facial Width-to-Height Ratio (fWHR) and Sporting Performances: Evidence From Professional Basketball Players in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shintaro Sato ◽  
Keita Kinoshita ◽  
Koichi Sekino ◽  
Haruka Amano ◽  
Yoshifumi Bizen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Performance Rating ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Professional Basketball ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
Player Performance

Previous research in evolutionary psychology has highlighted the potential role of facial structures in explaining human behavior. The facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) was found to be associated with testosterone-driven behavioral tendencies like achievement drive, aggression, and sporting success. The current study aimed to replicate such relationships using real-world data (i.e., professional basketball players; N = 482). Achievement drive, aggression, and sporting success were operationalized as field-goal attempts (FGA), the number of fouls committed (Foul), and player performance rating (EFF), respectively. The results indicated that fWHR was significantly associated with FGA and EFF, controlling for minutes of play and body-mass-index. The same results were obtained for separate analyses focusing on outsider players. However, analyses of inside players demonstrated that fWHR was associated only with EFF. The current research further provides empirical evidence supporting the effects of fWHR on achievement drive and sporting successes, although the effect sizes are notably small.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Components of Sport Imagery in Basketball Players

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Nishan Singh Deol ◽  
Davinder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Level Of Significance

<p>The present study was aimed to indentify the role of<strong> </strong>Sport Imagery<strong> </strong>in performance of basketball players. For this purpose, sixty female basketball players of 19 to 25 years of age were selected. They were divided into three groups; (i.e., N<sub>1</sub>=20; District, N<sub>2</sub>=20; State and N<sub>3</sub>=10 National). To determine level of Sport Imagery among subjects, Sport Imagery Questionnaire, constructed by Hall et al. (1998) was administered. One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to compare the three groups of basketball. For testing the hypotheses, the level of significance was set at 0.05. Conculdingly from the findings that we can say that significant differences were found among female basketball players (District, State and National) on the sub-variables of Sport Imagery.</p>

Role of Competitive Anxiety in the Performance of Black College Basketball Players

1986 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 847-853
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Williams ◽  
Jack O. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Black College ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Experience Survey ◽  
And Performance

Scores on an Atari video game, Martens's Competitive Anxiety Scale and Life Experience Survey, and coaches' ratings of actual performance over 10 home basketball games were obtained for 8 black players and 7 black controls. Several significant ( p ≤ .01) correlations of anxiety and performance with stress were low to moderate and encourage a full-scale study with a larger sample and standardized measures.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Intra-Individual Release Variability with Distance and Shooting Performance in Basketball

2021 ◽  
pp. 508-515
Author(s):  
Nathan Slegers ◽  
Davin Lee ◽  
Grant Wong
Keyword(s):  
Control Release ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Gradient Based ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Basketball Shooting

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of release parameter changes within individuals (intra-individual) on basketball shooting performance across both free throws and three-point shots, and identify whether any velocity dependence exists. Twelve male basketball players were recorded shooting seventy-five three-point shots (6.75 m) and fifty free throws (4.19 m). Ball release parameters were estimated by combining an analytic trajectory model including drag, a least squares estimator, and gradient-based release distance compensation. Intra-individual release velocity standard deviations (SD) were found to be significantly smaller across all distances ([0.05-0.13 m/s] when compared to statistics reported by other studies [0.2-0.8 m/s]). Despite an increase in lower body motion and a 24% increase in release velocity (p < 0.001) as shooting distance increased, no increases in intra-individual release velocity or angle SD were observed indicating velocity-dependent changes in release parameters were absent. Shooting performance was found to be strongly correlated to the release velocity SD (r = -0.96, p < 0.001, for three-point shots, and r = -0.88, p < 0.001, for free throws). Release angle SD (1.2 ± 0.24 deg, for three-point shots, and 1.3 ± 0.26 deg, for free throws) showed no increase with distance and unrelated to performance. These findings suggest that velocity-dependent factors have minimal contribution to shooting strategies and an individual’s ability to control release velocity at any distance is a primary factor in determining their shooting performance.

The Role of Trunk Stabilization in Functional-Classification Levels in Wheelchair Basketball

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asuman Saltan ◽  
Handan Ankarali
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Functional Classification ◽  
Wheelchair Basketball ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Main Outcome Measure ◽  
Sitting Balance ◽  
Norm Values ◽  
Trunk Balance ◽  
Trunk Stabilization

Objective:To compare classification levels and trunk stabilization of wheelchair basketball players and to identify their norm values of trunk balance.Participants:113 wheelchair basketball players in the super and first Turkish leagues.Interventions:A modified Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) (version 4.1) was used to evaluate trunk stabilization. Two skills were chosen that correspond to the stationary wheelie activity in WST, the 30-s stationary wheelie and stationary wheelie in 180°.Main Outcome Measure:There are no statistical differences between WST rates and point means.Results:The skills and success and safety rates of the players with 1.5 points (51.9%, 44.4%) were lower than those of the players with 1.0 point (70%, 66.7%). In players with 2.5 and 2.0 points, the most successful and safest percentage values were 78.6%, 78.6% and 82.1%, 75%.Conclusions:Although it is expected that trunk stabilization would be better in players with high points, in our study we encountered conflicting results between the points and sitting balance or trunk stabilization. Our study supports the studies in the literature suggesting modifications in the functional-classification system.

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