Our study examined whether the introduction of a smaller and lighter basketball (no. 6) affected the accuracy of female basketball players' shots at the basket. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) introduced a size 6 ball in the 2004/2005 season to improve the efficiency and accuracy of technical elements, primarily shots at the basket. The sample for this study included 573 European...

The rapid changes in the educational fields are among features of this era that we must work to encourage, move them right direction and adapt them. field has witnessed great scientific technological development most areas life, through use modern advanced methods methods, order confront challenges pressures facing process, successful teacher is one who can apply appropriate method raises learn...

Abstract Introduction Previous investigations in professional basketball, football, and other sports have shown meaningful effects of factors like rest length a team’s road trip on overall performance, with detriments being attributed to travel. However, prior research the context college basketball has been relatively scant. Thus, current study extends literature by performing case impact such...

BACKGROUND Adolescent neck/shoulder pain (NSP) is a common and sometimes debilitating problem. Several risk factors for this condition have been investigated, but no studies have previously evaluated associations between fitness, motor competence, body composition and adolescent NSP. METHODS 1608 males and females of mean age 14 years answered questions on their history of NSP (4 measures), a...

BACKGROUND Use of microfracture in the knees of National Basketball Association (NBA) players is controversial. HYPOTHESES (1) There would be a high rate of return to sport (RTS) in NBA players following microfracture, (2) players would RTS the season following surgery, (3) preoperative player performance would not be significantly different on RTS, and (4) there would be no significant diffe...

The performance and learning of motor skills has been shown to be enhanced if the performer adopts an external focus of attention (focus on the movement effect) compared to an internal focus (focus on the movements themselves) [G. Wulf, W. Prinz, Directing attention to movement effects enhances learning: a review, Psychon. Bull. Rev. 8 (2001) 648-660]. While most previous studies examining atte...

Abstract Introduction. Physical education teachers and coaches often face the problem of how to convey information novice learners, particularly children. The present study aims examine visual verbal analogy learning affects basketball free-throw as well working memory in 9- 12-year-old Material Methods. Forty-eight children (24 males, mean age: 10.5 ± 1.8 years) were selected through convenien...