Some basketball skills of players ages 12, 13 and 14 from three generations

Frane Erčulj; Saša Jakovljević; Gordan Todorović; Radivoj S. Mandić

doi:10.52165/kinsi.30.3.63-81

Authors

Frane Erčulj University of Ljubljana, Faculty of sport
Saša Jakovljević University of Belgrade, Faculty of sport and physical education, Serbia
Gordan Todorović Basketball Federation of Serbia
Radivoj S. Mandić University of Belgrade, Faculty of sport and physical education, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52165/kinsi.30.3.63-81

Keywords:

youth, basketball technique, growing up, comparison

Abstract

The main goal of this research was to evaluate the basic technical skills with the ball of young basketball players aged 12 to 14 from three different generations, as well as to compare basketball players of the same age from three different generations. A sample of 90 young basketball players, participants of the Development Training Centre of the Basketball Association of Serbia, were selected from three different generations (three groups): born in 1989, 1992 and 1995. Also, three groups of the same age were created, from all three generations (born in 1989, 1992 and 1995): ages 12, 13 and 14. Basketball skills with the ball were tested with three tests that assessed: dribbling speed and control, shooting accuracy, and passing accuracy and speed. Body height and body mass were also measured. Basic descriptive statistics were used in data processing. ANOVA and Bonferroni Post Hoc Test, as integral part of ANOVA, were used for comparison. Respondents are taller and heavier than their peers and score well on tests of ball basketball skills compared to AAHPERD norms. When comparing players within a generation, it can be concluded that there is a trend of progress, especially in body height and body mass, but also in the area of technical skills with a ball, with the exception of certain deviations in the variable of shooting. Players of the same age from different generations are approximately the same body height (12 years old - M=168.83cm; 13 years old - M=176.7cm; 14 years old - M=184.45cm) and body mass (12 years old - M=53.3kg; 13 years old - M=60.8kg; 14 years old - M=69.13kg). In the area of basketball skills, there are differences in almost all three technical skills (Sig. = 0.000 – 0.049), with a few exceptions (shooting and passing, Sig. = 0.053 – 0.931).

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