PMID- 28368952
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190213
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 1533-4287 (Electronic)
IS  - 1064-8011 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jan
TI  - Physical Determinants of Division 1 Collegiate Basketball, Women's National 
      Basketball League, and Women's National Basketball Association Athletes: With 
      Reference to Lower-Body Sidedness.
PG  - 159-166
LID - 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001905 [doi]
AB  - Spiteri, T, Binetti, M, Scanlan, AT, Dalbo, VJ, Dolci, F, and Specos, C. Physical 
      determinants of Division 1 Collegiate basketball, Women's National Basketball 
      League, and Women's National Basketball Association athletes: with reference to 
      lower-body sidedness. J Strength Cond Res 33(1): 159-166, 2019-In female 
      basketball, the assumed components of success include power, agility, and the 
      proficiency at executing movements using each limb. However, the importance of 
      these attributes in discriminating between playing levels in female basketball 
      has yet to be determined. The purpose of this study was to compare lower-body 
      power, change of direction (COD) speed, agility, and lower-body sidedness between 
      basketball athletes participating in Division 1 Collegiate basketball (United 
      States), Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) (Australia), and Women's 
      National Basketball Association (WNBA) (United States). Fifteen female athletes 
      from each league (N = 45) completed a double- and single-leg countermovement jump 
      (CMJ), static jump, drop jump, 5-0-5 COD test, and an offensive and a defensive 
      agility test. One-way analysis of variance with post hoc comparisons were 
      conducted to compare differences in physical characteristics (height, body mass, 
      age) and performance outcomes (jump, COD, agility assessments) between playing 
      levels. Separate dependent t-tests were performed to compare lower-body sidedness 
      (left vs. right lower limbs) during the single-leg CMJ jumps (vertical jump 
      height) and 5-0-5 COD test for each limb within each playing level. WNBA athletes 
      displayed significantly greater lower-body power (p = 0.01-0.03) compared with 
      WNBL athletes, significantly faster COD speed (p = 0.02-0.03), and offensive and 
      defensive agility performances (p = 0.02-0.03) compared with WNBL and Collegiate 
      athletes. The WNBL athletes also produced a faster defensive agility performance 
      compared with Collegiate athletes (p = 0.02). Furthermore, WNBA and WNBL athletes 
      exhibited reduced lower-body sidedness compared with Collegiate athletes. These 
      findings indicate the importance of lower-body power, agility, and reduced 
      lower-body imbalances to execute more proficient on-court movements required to 
      compete at higher playing levels.
FAU - Spiteri, Tania
AU  - Spiteri T
AD  - School of Health Science, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia.
FAU - Binetti, Molly
AU  - Binetti M
AD  - Lousiville Sports Performance, Louisville, Kentucky.
FAU - Scanlan, Aaron T
AU  - Scanlan AT
AD  - Human Exercise and Training Laboratory, Central Queensland University, 
      Rockhampton, Australia.
FAU - Dalbo, Vincent J
AU  - Dalbo VJ
AD  - Human Exercise and Training Laboratory, Central Queensland University, 
      Rockhampton, Australia.
FAU - Dolci, Filippo
AU  - Dolci F
AD  - Rimini Football Club, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
FAU - Specos, Christina
AU  - Specos C
AD  - Purdue Sports Performance, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Strength Cond Res
JT  - Journal of strength and conditioning research
JID - 9415084
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Athletes
MH  - *Athletic Performance
MH  - Australia
MH  - Basketball/*physiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Female
MH  - *Functional Laterality
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lower Extremity/*physiology
MH  - Movement
MH  - Muscle Strength
MH  - United States
MH  - Universities
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2017/04/04 06:00
MHDA- 2019/02/14 06:00
CRDT- 2017/04/04 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/02/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001905 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Strength Cond Res. 2019 Jan;33(1):159-166. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001905.