ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Deliberate Practice, Functional Performance and Psychological Characteristics in Young Basketball Players: A Bayesian Multilevel Analysis.
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- Development of Physical Fitness in Young Athletes: A Longitudinal Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Early Sport Specialization in a Pediatric Population: A Rapid Review of Injury, Function, Performance, and Psychological Outcomes.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
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- Physical Fitness as a Predictor of Performance during Competition in Professional Women's Basketball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Burnout and dropout associated with talent development in youth sports.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Does early specialization provide an advantage in physical fitness development in youth basketball?Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- A scoping review on developmental activities of girls' and women's sports.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Examination of the Sprinting and Jumping Force-Velocity Profiles in Young Soccer Players at Different Maturational Stages.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Multidimensional characteristics of young Brazilian volleyball players: A Bayesian multilevel analysis.PloS one · 2021Article
- Revisiting the Relative Age Effect From a Multidisciplinary Perspective in Youth Basketball: A Bayesian Analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly sport specialization has increased its popularity mostly based on the deliberate practice theory premises. In this study, we examined the influence of the age of onset of deliberate basketball practice on body size, functional performance (countermovement jump, line drill and yo-yo intermittent recovery level 1), motivation for achievement and competitiveness, motivation for deliberate practice and sources of enjoyment among young Brazilian basketball players. In addition, we adjusted for the influence of gender, age group, maturity status and state basketball federation on the outcomes.
methodsThe sample included 120 female and 201 male adolescent basketball players aged 14.0 (1.7) years, on average. We grouped players by the age of onset of deliberate basketball practice as related to biologic maturation milestones (pre-puberty deliberate practice onset, mid-puberty deliberate practice onset and late-puberty deliberate practice onset).
resultsThere was no substantial variation among contrasting players by the onset of deliberate practice in all of the outcomes. Adjusting for gender, male players with late-puberty deliberate practice onset had better functional performance than players with pre- and mid-puberty onset of practice. Females players with late-puberty deliberate practice onset had slightly worst functional performance than players with pre- and mid-puberty onset of practice.
conclusionsEarly deliberate basketball practice does not appear to provide an advantage for the development of physiological functions. Likewise, enjoyment, motivation for deliberate practice and motivation for achievement and competition do not appear to be negatively influenced by early deliberate basketball practice. The debate about the relationship between time spent in deliberate practice and performance development in young athletes will need to emphasize the coaching pedagogical quality and the training environment and account for informal practice and deliberate play.
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