In the present study, field goal shooting skills of female basketball players were assessed in the background to their reasoning ability. The sample consists of 100 female intercollegiate basketball players (age = 21.05±1.67 yrs.). Shooting skills and reasoning ability were assessed by Johnson’s “Basketball Field Goal Speed Shooting Test” and Mixed Type Group Test of Intelligence prepared by Me...

Identification of differences in individual conative characteristics and in perceived group cohesion of the basketball players playing in different positions in the team could provide guidelines for a better selection of basketball players and better coaching work. The aim of our study was to determine the differences in relation to the positions of guards and forwards/centres, and the four maj...

Introduction Lateral ankle sprains are very common among basketball players and are responsible for great time lost in practice. Nevertheless, having the same exposure to risk by playing basketball, some athletes never sprain their ankles while others do. The aim of this study is to understand the main kinematics an electromyography differences in basketball players during the dynamic activity ...

The aim of the study was to determine reliability and factorial validity of six basketball shooting accuracy tests. Fifty five healthy basketball players (age 19.1 ± 3.1 years; body mass 83.4 ± 12.5 kg; height 189.1 ± 8.2 cm; body fat percentage 13.1 ± 4.1) from four Bosnian basketball teams participated in this research. The applied tests have been constructed in order to measure basketball sh...

Basketball players are in the fast fierce competition for control ball and scoring process, because of the influence of internal and external factors and the rapid movement of the players on the limited site, sports damage is inevitable. This article will be through the literature method, questionnaire survey, data statistical analysis and logical analysis to find out the factors that affect th...

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...

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 purpose of the study was to compare the psychomotor abilities of basketball players among different age groups. For the purpose of this study 90 basketball players of school level girls from Gujarat states of who participated in inter variety competitions, like state and national Championship and inter-university level in basketball. A total of 90 subjects were selected 30 from each level i...

BACKGROUND Basketball is the most popular sport among the U.S. Air Force (USAF) active duty population and causes a large number of lost-workday injuries. The purpose of this study is to describe how basketball injuries occur to allow development of effective countermeasures. METHODS This study used data derived from safety reports obtained from the USAF Ground Safety Automated System. Basket...

Discovering temporal patterns in large datasets is a challenging problem because researchers must explore a huge space of possible correlations. EventScope is a visualization and ranking tool to assist in identification of temporal patterns leading to, or following, different events. In order to identify non-trivial patterns, EventScope splits the data based on user-specified reference events. ...