Abstract

The aim of the study was to establish the influence of morphological characteristics of young basketball players on their performance in some segments of basketball play attack, defence and on their general performance. The study was carried out on 115 basketball players aged 15-17 years. Twelve anthropometric parameters were measured according to the IBP Program. Each subject was observed during six matches and awarded points for the efficacy in the attack, defence and general performance. The results of the regression analysis showed a significant connection between morphological parameters and performance. The players performance depends, at first on the body muscle mass and next on some characteristics of longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of skeleton - body height, arm lengths and fist widths. The role of subcutaneous fat tissue was not significant in male basketball players, aged 15 to 17 years. Verf.-Referat