Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Analysis on Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian Youth Elite Basketball Players

Dr. A. S. Nageswaran

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The purpose of the study was to analyze the contributing factors of anthropometrical, physiological and psychological variables on the performance of youth elite basketball players. In this study, ninety nine players with reference to their performance rated by FIBA Live Stat software were selected as subjects in the 27th Indian National Youth Basketball Championship, organized by Basketball Federation of India, hosted by Care School of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu from 1st to 8th June, 2010. A series of anthropometric measurements included eight skinfold measurements – biceps, subscapular, triceps, supraspinale, abdominal, illiac crest, front thigh and medial calf; five girth measurements – arm girth relaxed, arm girth flexed, waist, gluteal and calf girth; three length measurements – arm span, arm length, leg length and two eadth measurements – humerus eadth and femur eadth (biepicondylar); the physiological variables, namely, Blood lactate (La), lung parameters as Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV), Maximum Voluntary Ventilation (MVV) and psychological variables, somatic, cognitive anxiety and self confidence; motivational aspects as intrinsic motivation: to know, to accomplish, to experience stimulation; extrinsic motivation: identified, introjected, external regulation and amotivation were taken as independent variables for this study. The performance of the selected subjects as the dependent variable was assessed through FIBA Live Stat software in terms of efficiency ratings. The Statistical techniques included descriptive statistics, factor analysis, path analysis were applied. The result revealed that Skin fold factors associated with anthropometric characteristics are influencing the performance of the Indian youth elte basketball players.

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Dr. A. S. Nageswaran / Analysis on Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian Youth Elite Basketball Players / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.11 November 2013


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