Differences in young basketball players agility

Agilnost je kompleksna motorička sposobnost koja uz ostale motoričke sposobnosti značajno utječe na postizanje sportskog uspjeha u košarkaškoj igri. Kako bi se agilnost mogla pravilno razvijati i unapređivati potrebno je što točnije odrediti razinu sportaševe agilnosti pomoću postojećih dijagnostičkih testova. U ovom istraživanju promatrane su mlađe dobne reprezentativne skupine ( kadeti, kadetkinje, juniori, juniorke), njih 59, kojima su pomoću xsens kinematičkog odijela mjereni određeni kinematički parametri kako bi se utvrdile razlike po skupinama različitih dobnih kategorija (kadeti-juniori, kadetkinje-juniorke) prilikom izvebe testa agilnosti „20 yardi“, te kako bi se promatrale razlike u kinematičkim parametrima za svaku pojedinu skupinu tijekom izvedbe samog testa. Statistički značajna razlika vidljiva je u dužini koraka prilikom promjene smjera kretanja lijevom u odnosu na dužinu koraka prilikom promjene smjera kretanja desnom nogom kod juniorskih reprezentativaca.Agility is a complex motor ability that, along with other motor abilities, significantly affects achieving sports success in basketball. In order for it to properly develop and improve it is necessary to precisely determine the level of an athlete's agility using the existing diagnostic tests. This research was conducted on 4 samples of younger national basketball teams (male and female cadets and juniors), 59 of them total. Their kinematic parameters were measured using the „Xsens” kinematic suit in order to determine the performance differences between observed age groups (male cadets-juniors and female cadets-juniors) on the „20 yard” test and in order to observe the differences in the kinematic parameters for each individual group while conducting the test. After using statistic parameters, it can be concluded that on this, relatively small sample the affect of the performance technique on the final result isn't statistically significant. A statistically significant difference was seen only in the lenght of steps while changing direction using the left leg, as opposed to changing direction using the right leg among the junior representatives