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Lower-limb coordination adaptations to shooting distance in basketball: an exploratory angular velocity-based vector

Ziyang Feng¹, Zhonghao Xie¹, Zhiguan Huang^2,3

¹School of Athletic Training, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

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Summary

As shooting distance increases, basketball players exhibit greater distal joint (knee and ankle) control in their lower limbs during jump shots. This adaptation may optimize long-range performance and involves asymmetrical coordination adjustments.

Keywords:

OpenCap basketball circular mixed-effect model coordination vector coding

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Area of Science:

Biomechanics
Sports Science
Human Movement Analysis

Background:

Basketball jump shots require complex lower limb coordination.
Understanding how shooting distance affects biomechanics is crucial for performance optimization.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between shooting distance and lower limb inter-joint coordination in male university basketball athletes.
To analyze adaptations during the loading and jump phases of a jump shot.

Main Methods:

Kinematic data collected from 14 athletes at four shooting distances (4.6m to 8.325m) using OpenCap.
Inter-joint coordination quantified using vector coding of angular velocity data.
Adaptations analyzed with Bayesian circular mixed-effects models.

Main Results:

Increased shooting distance correlated with a trend towards greater distal (knee and ankle) joint dominancy in the jump phase.
Significant interaction effects between shooting distance and movement phase were observed in lower limb joint couplings.
Asymmetrical coordination emerged: right leg showed increased distal dominancy, left leg trended towards proximal dominancy with greater distance.

Conclusions:

The trend towards distal dominancy may represent a functional optimization for long-range basketball shooting.
Observed asymmetry in knee-ankle coordination could be a functional adaptation to shooting demands.
Further research is needed to confirm these hypotheses.