The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of aerobic, anaerobic and strength parameters of young basketball players on the indices of shuttle run test. A sample of 26 teenage basketball players (age 15.6±1.1 years; height 188.4±8.0 cm; weight 75.0±10.6 kg) performed a battery of five tests. For each subject, maximal oxygen consumption, maximal ventilatory equivalent for oxygen and ventilatory threshold were obtained during the shuttle-run and Conconi test protocol, using a portable gas analyzer. Relative mean anaerobic power was determined during Wingate test on a cycle ergometer. Leg power and absolute leg strength were measured using standing long jump and a leg strength test was performed on an isokinetic dynamometer. The results showed that predictors significantly foresee total distance on shuttle-run test (R 2 = 0.648) in young basketball players. In the predictors system maximal oxygen consumption had the greatest individual influence, followed by ventilatory equivalent for O 2 and leg power. Obtained results indicate that total distance covered on shuttle-run test could be improved through development of anaerobic capacity or leg power besides aerobic power and/or capacity.
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