Relations Between Morphological Characteristics and Performance of Elements of Basketball Technique of 7th and 8th Grade Elementary School Students

Dejan Šumar, Bojan Međedović, Naim Ćeleš

The aim of this research was to determine the relations and influence of morphological characteristics on the performance of some elements of basketball technique of 7th and 8th grade elementary school students. 85 respondents, students of the 7th and 8th grade of Elementary School “Prekounje” from Bihać participated in the research.

The system for assessing the morphological status was represented by 7 variables that included all four latent spaces (longitudinal dimensionality of the skeleton, transferal dimensionality of the skeleton, volume and mass of the body, subcutaneous fat tissue), while 4 situational-motor tests were used to evaluate the success of performing elements of the basketball technique : (1. Throwing the ball with both hands against the wall and catching it for 30 seconds (BHLR30), 2. Dribbling the ball with the hand in a slalom (VLRS), 3. Throwing the ball into the basket for 30 seconds (ULK30), 4. Lay-ups for 30 seconds (PNK30).

Basic central and dispersion parameters were calculated for all variables which confirmed the normality of the distribution, and the relations between spaces were determined by using the canonical correlation analysis.

The values obtained by canonical correlation analysis indicate a medium-high correlation between morphological characteristics and situational-motor abilities. Two significant pairs of canonical factors were obtained.