Wearable sensors are an emerging technology, with growing evidence supporting their application in sport performance enhancement. This study utilized data collected from a tri-axial inertial sensor on the wrist of ten recreational and eight professional basketball players while they performed free-throws, to classify skill levels. We employed fully connected convolutional neural network (CNN) f...

This paper presents a mathematical model for basketball free throws. It is intended to be a supplement to an existing calculus course and could easily be used as a basis for a calculus project. Students will learn how to apply calculus to model an interesting real-world problem, from problem identification all the way through to interpretation and verification. Along the way we will introduce t...

How and why does performance change under pressure? Psychologists have argued that pressure can both distract, motivate and generate too much self-focus (thinking about the details of how one should accomplish a goal, as opposed to “just doing it"). Studies have implicated self-focus as the key factor in pressure-associated performance declines. To understand if these results extend to highly t...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects core training program applied for 8 weeks basketball players aged 16-18 on free throw and vertical jump performance. 22 male (11 experimental group, 11 control group) participated in voluntarily. While was 2 days a week weeks, together with training, group only continued their routine training. Free performance tests were subjects before apply...

The study investigated the effects of the introduction of a basketball used by women to the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) rules in the 2004/5 season to improve the efficiency and accuracy of basketball shooting. The main purpose was to establish whether the introduction of a reduced-diameter and lighter basketball (size 6) affects the efficacy and number of shots by female bask...