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Participation in the under-18 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament does not pr...
Carvalho, Humberto M.; Morais, Cristiano Z.; Lima, Ahlan B.; Galvão, Luciano G.; Grosgeorge, Bernard; Gonçalves, Carlos E.We examined whether participation and individual performance in the under-18 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament (NGT) predicted a future contract with an NBA, Euroleague, or Eurocup squad. Data from 1446 players between 2002–2003 and 2011–2012 seasons were considered. We considered information about each player, including country, the number of games played, and performance index rating (PIR). We tracked the...
Does early specialization provide an advantage in physical fitness development ...
Soares, André A. L.; Lima, Ahlan B.; Miguel, Caio G.; Galvão, Luciano G.; Leonardi, Thiago J.; Paes, Roberto R.; Gonçalves, Carlos E.The present study examined the influence of the specialization onset on the magnitude and patterns of changes in basketball-specific physical fitness within a competitive season and developmental fitness trends between 11 and 17 years in young basketball players. Repeated measures of 181 young basketball players (female, n = 40; male, n = 141) were examined. Anthropometry, age, estimated maturity status, and ba...
The positive impact of sports participation on life skills’ development: a qual...
Quinaud, Ricardo T.; Possamai, Kauana; Nascimento Júnior, José Roberto Andrade do; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Carvalho, Humberto M.We aimed to explore life skills development among medical student- athletes who participated in a university basketball team. We conducted qualitative constructivist research based on the life skills approach. Medical students from the college basketball team were interviewed in-depth. Using inductive thematic analysis, two independent researchers generated codes and themes. Methodological integrity and self-re...
The positive impact of sports participation on life skills' development: a qual...
Quinaud, Ricardo T.; Possamai, Kauana; Nascimento Júnior, José Roberto Andrade do; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Carvalho, Humberto M.We aimed to explore life skills development among medical student-athletes who participated in a university basketball team. We conducted qualitative constructivist research based on the life skills approach. Medical students from the college basketball team were interviewed in-depth. Using inductive thematic analysis, two independent researchers generated codes and themes. Methodological integrity and self-ref...
Participation in the under-18 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament does not pr...
Carvalho, Humberto M.; Morais, Cristiano Z.; Lima, Ahlan B.; Galvão, Luciano G.; Grosgeorge, Bernard; Gonçalves, Carlos E.We examined whether participation and individual performance in the under-18 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament (NGT) predicted a future contract with an NBA, Euroleague, or Eurocup squad. Data from 1446 players between 2002–2003 and 2011–2012 seasons were considered. We considered information about each player, including country, the number of games played, and performance index rating (PIR). We tracked the...
Validity and usefulness of the student-athletes' motivation toward sport and ac...
Quinaud, Ricardo T.; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Possamai, Kauana; Morais, Cristiano Zarbato; Capranica, Laura; Carvalho, Humberto M.Background. Reliable assessment and understanding of student-athletes’ motivation for dual careers are crucial to support their career development and transitions. The purpose of this research was to examine the validity and usefulness of the studentathletes’ motivation toward sport and academics questionnaire (SAMSAQ-PT) in the Brazilian higher education context. Four studies were performed. Methods. In study ...
Multidimensional characteristics of young Brazilian volleyball players: A Bayes...
Mendes, Felipe G.; Lima, Ahlan B.; Christofoletti, Marina; Quinaud, Ricardo T.; Collet, Carine; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Carvalho, Humberto M.Brazil has been the benchmark for volleyball performance for at least two decades, providing a unique context to examine expertise development. This study examined the variation in body size, functional capacities, motivation for achievement, competitiveness, and deliberate practice of youth volleyball players associated with differences in biological maturity status, chronological age, and accumulated delibera...
Deliberate Practice, Functional Performance and Psychological Characteristics i...
Lima, Ahlan B.; Nascimento, Juarez V.; Leonardi, Thiago J.; Soares, André L.; Paes, Roberto R.; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Carvalho, Humberto M.Background: Early 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 practic...
Factors Influencing Student-Athletes' Identity: A Multilevel Regression and Pos...
Quinaud, Ricardo T.; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Capranica, Laura; Carvalho, Humberto M.We considered identity variation among Brazilian university student-athletes in relation to their gender, sport type, competition level, and university type. Participants were 506 student-athletes (219 males and 287 females) from public and private Brazilian universities, competing in team and individual sports, at local, state, and national levels. We used multilevel regression and poststratification to estima...
Performance, motivation, and enjoyment in young female basketball players: An i...
Soares, André L. A.; Leonardi, Thiago J.; Silva, Jaqueline; Nascimento, Juarez V.; Paes, Roberto R.; Gonçalves, Carlos E.; Carvalho, Humberto M.The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in accumulated basketball training experience, body size, functional performance, deliberate practice motivation, achievement and competitiveness motivation and sources of enjoyment among young female basketball players, partitioning the potential variation by individuals´ biological characteristics (menarche status) and contextual characteristics (competit...