Objective of the study was to profile and analyze the age- and game-position-specific physical / technical fitness test data correlations in the 14-19 year-old basketball groups. Methods and structure of the study. We sampled 95 junior 14-19 year-old basketball players for the study that was run in March through November 2019 at the Ravinsky Olympic Reserve Sports School No. 49. The players` physical and technical fitness were tested using the standard test toolkit. Results and conclusion. The 14-15-year-old defenders were tested with 10 significant technical fitness / competitive success correlations. The highest (one-percent margin) technical fitness / competitive success correlations were found for the 5x6m shuttle sprint (r = 0.616) and standing high jump r = 0.590) tests. The 14-15-year-old attackers were tested with six significant (five-percent margin) technical fitness / competitive success correlations; whilst the centers were tested with only two significant technical fitness / competitive success correlations for the standing long jump and 10 penalty shots tests. The 16-17-year-old defenders were tested with nine significant technical fitness / competitive success correlations, with the top correlation found for the defense square test (r = 0.671). The study found that the 14-19 year-old basketball players with age are tested with the shorter numbers of significant technical / physical fitness test rate correlations - apparently indicative of the growing sports mastery levels.
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