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Stiffness of the Gastrocnemius–Achilles Tendon Complex Between Amateur Basketball Players and the Non-athletic General Population

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2020
Muscle and tendon stiffness are related to sports performance, tendinopathy, and tendon degeneration. However, the effects of habitual loading on muscle and tendon mechanical properties are unclear.
Tian-Tian Chang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Static and Dynamic Stretching on Knee Muscle Strength in Trained Players

open access: yesBagcilar Medical Bulletin, 2020
Objective:The study examined the effects of two different stretching exercises on knee muscle strength in basketball players in order to determine the most appropriate pre-competition protocols for basketball conditioning.Method:Thirty-two basketball ...
Chasan Mola Ali   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological, physiological and biochemical indicators of female professional basketball players and ski runners

open access: yesСпортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2020
Objective: comparison of psychological, physiological and biochemical markers in female basketball players and ski runners. Materials and methods: we investigated 8 female basketball players and 12 ski runners.
I. Garnov   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison in some kinematic variables of layup basketball of older and young players [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Basketball is a game that requires being fast in either attack and defense with a precision in tactical and technical preparation. Recently in many countries in the world basketball is the second most popular game with its vision attracting techniques ...
Abass, Saad Alla, Hanna, Sura Jamil
core   +2 more sources

Differences in the bioenergetic potential of athletes participating in team sports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background/Aim. In modern training technology, assessment of aerobic bioenergetic potential in athletes is commonly performed by standard laboratory procedures to determine basic or specific functional abilities for specific sport activity or ...
Doder Dragan   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Reinforcement learning in professional basketball players [PDF]

open access: yesNature Communications, 2011
Reinforcement learning in complex natural environments is a challenging task because the agent should generalize from the outcomes of actions taken in one state of the world to future actions in different states of the world. The extent to which human experts find the proper level of generalization is unclear. Here we show, using the sequences of field
Tal Neiman, Yonatan Loewenstein
openaire   +3 more sources

The 'Quiet Eye' and motor performance in basketball free throw shooting

open access: yesPhysical Education of Students, 2021
Background and Study Aim. This study investigates expert and amateur basketball players' visual tracking strategies accuracy and inaccuracy free throws. Material and Methods. A total of 22 university student, 11 of whom were experts (n = 5 females, n =
Ece Ayaz Kanat, Deniz Şimşek
doaj   +1 more source

A Multiresolution Stochastic Process Model for Predicting Basketball Possession Outcomes

open access: yes, 2016
Basketball games evolve continuously in space and time as players constantly interact with their teammates, the opposing team, and the ball. However, current analyses of basketball outcomes rely on discretized summaries of the game that reduce such ...
Bornn, Luke   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Assessment of reliability in isokinetic testing among adolescent basketball players [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background. The reproducibility of day-to-day testing of isokinetic concentric and eccentric muscular actions among adolescent basketball players aged 14 to 16 years and relationships of mean within-subject variation in two isokinetic testing sessions ...
Carvalho, Humberto M   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Self-determination in teaching formative basketball players and its influence on respect to rules and opponents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The aim of this study was to examine adaptive behaviors in teaching formative basketball players with regard to their motivations to play. Hence, 284 federative basketball players, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years old from the Region of Extremadura ...
Amado Alonso, Diana   +4 more
core   +19 more sources

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