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The Contribution Of Anthropometric, Physical And Physiological Measurements To The Accuracy Of The Jump Shot Of The Palestinian Basketball Players Of The Premier League, Islam Abbas

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The purpose of this study was to identify the most anthropometric, physical and physiological measurements that contributed to the jump shot accuracy of Palestinian basketball players. The study was conducted on a random sample that consisted of (48) Palestinian Premier League basketball players. The anthropometric measurements included (age, height and weight); the physical measurements consisted of (vertical jump, flexibility, agility, 30-m sprint and pushing medical ball); the physiological measures included (anaerobic power, anaerobic capacity and Vo2max). The results of the study have revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the jump shot accuracy and all the other studied …