Intraseason Changes in Vertical Jumps of Male Professional Basketball Players

Álvaro de Pedro-Múñez, Tania Álvarez-Yates, Virginia Serrano-Gómez and Oscar García-García ()
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Álvaro de Pedro-Múñez: Laboratory of Sport Performance, Physical Condition and Wellness, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Tania Álvarez-Yates: Laboratory of Sport Performance, Physical Condition and Wellness, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Virginia Serrano-Gómez: Laboratory of Sport Performance, Physical Condition and Wellness, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Oscar García-García: Laboratory of Sport Performance, Physical Condition and Wellness, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: This study aimed to analyze basketball players’ jumping bhavior in the Squat Jump (SJ), Countermovement Jump (CMJ), and Free Arm Swing CMJ (CMJ Free) during a professional basketball season and check if it is modulated by the players’ specific playing position, the time played on court, and the different leagues. Fifty-three male professional basketball players were assessed in three different moments of the season through SJ, CMJ, and CMJ Free. Between the beginning of pre-season (1st assessment) and the second round of the season (3rd assessment), there was a strong increase in performance in the three jumps (SJ Height: 5.6%, ? 2 P = 0.234, p = 0.007; CMJ Height: 5.1%, ? 2 P = 0.177, p = 0.007; CMJ Free height: 4.11%, ? 2 P = 0.142, p = 0.01). There was also a significantly large increase in SJ and CMJ between the 2nd and 3rd assessments and in the CMJ Free between the 1st and 2nd assessments. No significant interactions were found between jumping performance and the group factors (players’ specific playing position, time played on court, and league). In conclusion, SJ, CMJ, and CMJ Free performance strongly increases between 1st and 3rd assessment, without being influenced by the specific playing position or the minutes played per game.

Keywords: countermovement jump; squat jump; arm swing countermovement jump; neuromuscular performance; power; lower limbs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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