Reference values for the teaching-learning-training process of the infant-juvenile Mozambican Basketball.

Abstract

The reference values are very useful to distinguish, in this case, the performance of coordination of technical skills and motor skills with ball, allowing an evaluation to be performed in order to help in the teaching-learning-training process. The aim of this study was to propose reference values of ball coordination of basketball-specific skills and motor skills for the teaching-learning-coaching process of the Mozambican children and youth athlete. A total of 165 young men and women aged 15 to 16 years old were evaluated, being 99 male (15.7±0.46) and 66 females (15.48±0.50). Of this universe, 30 athletes were an integral part of the national team under-16 teams that participated in the African Championship of Basketball (Afrobasket’2017) being 15 athletes by sex. For the motor skills evaluation (cardiopulmonary resistance), displacement velocity, abdominal strength and endurance, upper limb resistance, upper limb explosive force, static vertical propulsion, vertical propulsion with counter-movement, agility, flexibility; for coordination with ball pass, dribble, throw and defensive lateral slide tests were evaluated A significant (p˂0.05) effect of sex was evident in all tests except displacement velocity and throwing ability. Based on the results found, the reference values of motor skills and basketball-specific skills for the teaching-learning-coaching process of the Mozambican childyouth athlete were established according to gender and it was possible to find the sampled athletes within the proposed cut-off points.