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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...
Determinants of drop-out in youth basketball: an interdisciplinary approach
Soares, André L. A.; Kós, Luísa D.; Paes, Roberto R.; Nascimento, Juarez V.; Collins, Dave; Gonçalves, C. E.; Carvalho, Humberto M.Using an interdisciplinary approach, we examined the baseline variation in biological maturity status, training experience, body size, functional capacities (Line Drill test and Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery level 1 test) and motivation for achievement, competitiveness and deliberate practice of youth basketball players according to their participation status in the sport two years after assessment. Fifty-seven p...
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...