THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY MASS AND HEIGHT WITH MOTOR ABILITIES IN YOUTH BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The main forms of motors skills, represented by sustainability, strength, speed, articular movement and 
coordination skills, constitute the basic premise for the acquisition and implementation of motor 
movements, physical-sportive ones especially in basketball. The goal of this study was to find out the 
correlation between anthropometric parameters (body mass and height) with sprint and agility/ quickness in 
youth basketball players. In this study participated 56 basketball players (17.4 yrs, 0.5 SD). They underwent 
the measurement for body height and body mass as sprint test (10 m and 30m) and agility/ quickness test 
(10x5m) performed in the field. All measurement were tested for normality and Pearson correlation 
coefficient was used to find out the association between variables.  Results showed that: body mass was correlated with 10m sprint (r= -0.323 p= 0.305), 20m sprint (r= -0.794** p= 0.002) and 10x5 m agility (r= -0.658* p= 0.02). Body height was correlated with 10m sprint (r= -0.505 p= 0.094), 20m sprint (r= -0.776** p= 0.003) and 10x5 m agility (r= -0.699* p= 0.011). In conclusion data results showed the importance of maintaining a balance body weight with regards to age, and anthropometric 
parameters play a crucial role in the performance of sprint and agility in basketball.