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. 2023 Oct 9;5:1276953. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1276953

Table 3.

Body composition, anthropometric measures and athleticism fitness scores of young basketball players.

Overall (n = 47) Guards (n = 14) Forwards (n = 22) Centers (n = 11)
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD F p
Overall Fitness Score (OFS) 0.00 ± 0.80 −0.55 ± 0.64*,# 0.27 ± 0.70 0.15 ± 0.82 5.698 0.006
Jumping Fitness Score (JFS) 0.00 ± 0.89 −0.55 ± 0.68*,# 0.25 ± 0.75 0.19 ± 1.14 4.297 0.020
Sprinting Fitness Score (SFS) 0.00 ± 0.87 −0.56 ± 0.89*,# 0.30 ± 0.79 0.10 ± 0.72 5.010 0.011
Age 14.99 ± 0.84 14.29 ± 0.61*,# 15.26 ± 0.82 15.33 ± 0.63 9.247 <0.001
Body height (cm) 182.69 ± 8.26 173.56 ± 5.55*,# 184.31 ± 4.06# 191.05 ± 6.32 38.26 <0.001
Body mass (kg) 70.72 ± 12.55 59.96 ± 9.91*,# 70.36 ± 7.29# 85.15 ± 9.70 25.85 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 21.05 ± 2.57 19.84 ± 2.75# 20.71 ± 1.92# 23.29 ± 2.23 7.664 0.001
Fat free mass (%) 62.73 ± 10.66 52.84 ± 7.94*,# 63.10 ± 6.09# 74.59 ± 8.39 27.92 <0.001
Fat % (%) 7.99 ± 3.79 7.12 ± 3.31# 7.25 ± 3.32# 10.56 ± 4.37 3.708 0.033
Lean body mass (%) 35.35 ± 6.47 29.32 ± 4.92*,# 35.64 ± 3.76# 42.45 ± 5.01 27.19 <0.001
Standing reach (cm) 238.05 ± 10.96 226.82 ± 7.25*,# 239.85 ± 6.60# 248.75 ± 9.13 28.03 <0.001
Arm span (cm) 186.37 ± 10.00 176.41 ± 7.17*,# 188.20 ± 6.21# 195.38 ± 8.75 23.09 <0.001
Hand span (cm) 22.54 ± 1.52 21.50 ± 1.36*,# 22.73 ± 1.20 23.48 ± 1.62 7.038 0.002
Suprailiac skinfold (mm) 16.66 ± 9.36 12.79 ± 5.99# 15.25 ± 7.44# 24.41 ± 12.19 6.464 0.003
Subscapular skinfold (mm) 11.13 ± 3.88 9.68 ± 2.91# 10.70 ± 3.66# 13.82 ± 4.35 4.279 0.020
Biceps skinfold (mm) 11.83 ± 4.20 10.36 ± 2.20# 11.52 ± 4.21 14.32 ± 5.27 3.106 0.055
Triceps skinfold (mm) 6.25 ± 2.32 5.82 ± 1.87 5.89 ± 1.98 7.55 ± 3.09 2.365 0.106
CMJ (cm) 31.87 ± 5.29 28.56 ± 4.08*,# 33.38 ± 4.61 33.07 ± 6.35 4.514 0.016
CMJ free arms (cm) 40.25 ± 6.47 37.06 ± 6.32* 41.88 ± 4.98 41.04 ± 8.24 2.651 0.082
DJ 40 cm (cm) 31.40 ± 5.02 28.62 ± 3.39* 32.79 ± 4.44 32.16 ± 6.62 3.452 0.041
STIFFNESS 10 jumps (cm) 29.02 ± 4.95 27.13 ± 4.17# 29.20 ± 5.07 31.06 ± 5.15 2.062 0.139
Standing long jump (cm) 218.02 ± 26.01 200.14 ± 16.66*,# 228.55 ± 23.56 219.73 ± 29.87 6.317 0.004
5 m (s) 1.13 ± 0.10 1.18 ± 0.12 1.10 ± 0.09¥ 1.13 ± 0.08 2.467 0.096
10 m (s) 1.95 ± 0.20 2.06 ± 0.26 1.87 ± 0.13¥ 1.95 ± 0.17 4.467 0.017
15 m (s) 2.56 ± 0.18 2.66 ± 0.19 2.51 ± 0.17¥ 2.52 ± 0.15¥ 3.572 0.037
20 m (s) 3.24 ± 0.21 3.38 ± 0.22 3.18 ± 0.20¥ 3.20 ± 0.17¥ 4.579 0.016

p, significance of the differences between Guards, Forwards and Centers; F, F ratio; BMI, body mass index; CMJ, countermovement jump; DJ, drop jump.

#

Significantly lower at p < 0.05 to Centers.

*

Significantly lower at p < 0.05 to Forwards.

¥

Significantly lower at p < 0.05 to Guards.