Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology - contenuto non piu disponibile

In a previous study on young female basketball (1), grip strength resulted more related to shooting than physical size of players. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between anthropometric characteristics, grip strength, and shooting performance in male basketball players. Anthropometric parameters (i.e., height, Ht; body mass, BM; body mass index, BMI; hand middle finger length, MFL; hand finger span, FS; and perimeter of fingers, PF) and handgrip (the best of three trials) were assessed in 10 sub-elite (Serie B) Italian male basketball players (22.2±4.1 yrs). Participants performed 10 free-throw shots before (BS) and after (AS) a training session. The session-RPE (2) was used to evaluate the training load. Pearson correlation coefficients (p