Kinematic Analysis Of Arm Motion During Jump Shot In Nigerian Female Basketballers

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between theKinematics characteristics of successful and unsuccessful shots during arm motion inNigerian female basketball players and also the changes that take place in shootingtechniques of players at three shooting distances of 2.74m, 4.67m and 6.40m shots. Toachieve the purpose of this study, the purposive sampling technique was used to selectthe best Female Club champions, the First Bank of Nigeria Basketball team. Thestratified sampling technique was used to select 14 Subjects, consisting of 5 guards, 5forwards and 4 centre players who represented Nigeria at the May 2009 edition of theWest Africa Club side Championships in Togo. Videography was used to collect thedata and APAS software was used for processing the data. Descriptive statistics of meanand standard deviation were used to describe the data while inferential statistics ofPearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and one way ANOVA was used totest for significant correlation among the three shooting distances. It was found thatthere was no significant difference between shooting accuracy of the guards, forwardsand centre players. Significant intra and inter variability were found in the lineardisplacement, joint angular displacements and segmental displacements and velocityparameters of the segments. The ball projection parameters revealed intra significantvariability while group relationship was established between successful andunsuccessful shooting distances parameters. The group correlation showed that groupanalysis hide the true status and performance of the participants in shooting and thismay lead to wrong information about any of the basketball player if the mean value forthe group was to be used. From the findings, intra trial analysis gives true position ofeach female basketball player’s jump shot status; therefore, it was recommendedixamongst others that sports scientists should engage in intra trial studies than inter trial toenable individualistic approach to teaching and learning correct skill and techniques foroptimal performance. The insignificant difference also found in the shooting accuracyand the elites’ performance proved that players training and practice should extendbeyond the player’s perimetre of play.

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