Search Results - High Ability Studies
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Identifying winning strategies: analysis of play-types in professional European basketball leagues
Alonso-Pérez-Chao, E., Salazar, H., Bustamante-Sánchez, Á., Sansone, P., Lorenzo, A.Published in International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport (2025)“…This study analysed the utilisation and effectiveness of different play-types in elite European basketball. …”
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The training and development process for a world-class female handball player: a longitudinal and retrospective case study
Haugen, T., Bucher Sandbakk, S., Sandbakk, Ø., Tønnessen, E.Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2025)“…Environmental success factors encompassed a sport-enthusiastic family, high-quality training environments, and access to domain-specific expertise. …”
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Connections between competencies and abilities in female artistic gymnasts and handball players
Wehovszky, V., Nagykáldi, C., Kalmár, Z., Ökrös, C.Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2025)“…The primary aim of this study is to explore the development of sport-specific competencies from the perspective of physical abilities. …”
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Influence of functional movement, jumping ability and linear speed on change of direction speed in female basketball players: novel vs. traditional approaches
Barrera Dominguez, F. J., Jones, P. A., Almagro, B. J., Molina-López, J.Published in Journal of Human Kinetics (2025)“…There is extensive discourse surrounding the factors influencing performance in change of direction (COD) actions in basketball, given the wide range of tests and methods that exist in the scientific literature for assessing this ability. This study analysed and compared relationships between functional movement, jumping and linear speed performance using two distinct methods of measuring COD performance in female basketball players, while also distinguishing between cut-off angles. …”
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The impact of offensive duration on NBA success: a comparative analysis of Jordan's Chicago Bulls and Curry's Golden State Warriors
Amatria Jiménez, M., Cook Vaquero, N. A., Suarez-Llorca, C., Pérez-Turpin, J. A.Published in Journal of Human Kinetics (2025)“…This finding underscores the importance of tactical flexibility, as adjusting the pace and intensity of play can be a decisive factor in modern basketball success, where shorter, quicker, and more explosive plays are increasingly prevalent. The study concludes that dynamic time-of-possession management and adaptive efforts are key to optimizing high-level competitive performance.…”
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The relationship between strap use and classification score in elite wheelchair basketball players
Farì, G., Quarta, F., Longo, S.C., Zappile, F., Masiero, L., Varrassi, G., Bernetti, A.Published in Sports (2025)“…A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey. Participants were divided into two groups based on classification score: low-point players (LPPs; 1.0-2.5), who have greater physical impairment, and high-point players (HPPs; 3.0-4.5), who have lower physical impairment. …”
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Manufacturing excellence: the labor process and action logic of Chinese professional basketball players
Sun, Z., Xiaofei, X.Published in 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, 2-5 July 2024, Book of Abstracts (2024)“…This operational logic presents a scene that appears contradictory yet possesses profound internal coherence: in an industry requiring high-intensity physical labor and complex technical labor, managers meticulously control athletes labor production and reproduction time, activity spaces, and physical management to maximize and maintain their competitive abilities throughout their limited sporting careers. …”
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Influence of environmental pressure and inhibitory control capacity on anxiety, mental workload and shooting performance in multitasking basketball contexts
Gutiérrez-Capote, A., Jiménez-Martínez, J., Madinabeitia, I., Torre, E., Leicht, A. S., Botía, M., Alarcón, F., Cárdenas, D.Published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise (2025)“…Background Basketball shooting performance is crucial for match outcomes, often influenced by environmental pressure and anxiety. This study investigates how increased task demands and outcome consequences affect anxiety, mental workload, and shooting performance in multitasking basketball contexts. …”
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Agility in handball: Position- and age-specific insights in performance and kinematics using proximity and wearable inertial sensors
Heuvelmans, P., Gokeler, A., Benjaminse, A., Baumeister, J., Büchel, D.Published in Sensors (2025)“…Handball is a dynamic team sport characterized by high agility requirements, which feature complex motor-cognitive demands. …”
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A pilot study exploring the optimization of warm-up strategies: modern cognitive warm-up with open-skill demands vs. traditional closed-skill warm-up in basketball
Shalom, A., Gottlieb, R., Shalom, I., Gafni, G., Levy, A., Calleja-Gonzalez, J.Published in Sensors (2025)“…Warm-up protocols are essential in high-intensity sports such as basketball, in which explosive power and rapid decision-making are critical for performance. …”
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Effects of blood flow restriction moderate intensity interval training on aerobic and anaerobic capabilities and lower extremity performance in male college basketball players
Chen, L., Zhang, Z., Qu, W., Huang, W., Sun, J., Duan, X., Li, D.Published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation (2025)“…This study investigated whether blood flow restriction moderate-intensity interval training (BFR-MIIT) could achieve or surpass the training effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) at lower training intensities. …”
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Examining isokinetic knee peak torque and time to peak torque as predictors of vertical jump height in division I men`s basketball players
Westwood, C., Welbeck, A., Killelea, C., Howard, P., Faherty, M., Le, D., Zerega, R., Reiter, C. R., Sell, T. C.Published in PLOS ONE (2025)“…These findings suggest that in a population of elite basketball players, the knee`s ability to rapidly generate torque likely plays a greater role in VJ performance than its ability to generate high magnitude of torque. …”
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Effects of concurrent in-season training on physiological functions required for top handball performance athletes
Belkadi, A., Beboucha, W., Benhammou, S., Moussa, M., Bouzoualegh, M., Dairi, A.Published in Scientific Journal of Sport and Performance (2025)“…This study examined the physiological effects of combining contrast complex training (CCT) with either repeated short sprints (RSE) or high-intensity intervals (HIIT) on elite male handball players during the competitive season. …”
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Early specialization in formative basketball: A machine learning analysis of shooting patterns in U14 and professional players
Contreras-García, J. M., Courel-Ibáñez, J., Piñar-López, M. I., Ibáñez, S. J.Published in Journal of Sports Sciences (2024)“…Growing evidence supports that early sport specialization in children and adolescents may compromise long-term athlete development and high-performance acquisition. This study aimed to determine the presence of specialised shooting roles in formative men`s basketball players compared to professionals. …”