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  • Sports Science
  • Biomechanics
  • Strength and Conditioning

Background:

  • Basketball performance relies heavily on power-related attributes such as speed, agility, and jumping ability.
  • Current fitness testing in basketball uses various protocols, making it challenging for practitioners to select the most appropriate ones for assessing power.
  • A need exists to identify game-specific power attributes and effective assessment tools for basketball.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify essential power-related attributes crucial for basketball performance.
  • To evaluate the suitability of common and novel tests for assessing these power attributes.
  • To provide recommendations for future research and best practices in basketball power testing.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review to identify key power attributes and relevant testing methods in basketball.
  • Analysis of common and novel power-related tests for their applicability to basketball movements.
  • Proposal of specific, basketball-centric tests for power assessment.

Main Results:

  • Identified key power attributes essential for basketball.
  • Discussed the efficacy of various testing protocols, including linear sprints, agility tests, and jump tests.
  • Proposed novel tests such as the 5- and 10-m sprints, modified T-test, change-of-direction deficit, lateral bound, Sargent jump, one-step jump, and isometric midthigh pull test.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing targeted power testing protocols can enhance the development of basketball players.
  • The proposed tests offer a more specific and effective approach to assessing basketball-specific power.
  • Improved power testing enables coaches to create more effective training programs for improved player performance.