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Jump Profiling of Deceleration Ability in Professional Basketball Players

Jump Profiling of Deceleration Ability in Professional Basketball Players

Basketball is characterized by hard stops and sharp changes of direction, with ~95 total decels and ~40 high-intensity decels per game reported at the elite level, which present unique mechanical/physiological demands.

The researchers asked whether common countermovement jump (CMJ) force–time metrics can explain or differentiate maximal horizontal deceleration performance in pro male basketball players.
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This study comes from our Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab here at the University of Kansas and was led by my good friend Dr. Nicolas Philipp.

Let's break it down and, as always, draw some practical applications that can improve our coaching and programming.

Acceleration-Deceleration Ability (ADA)

What Did the Researchers Do?

Acceleration-Deceleration Ability (ADA)

Key Outcomes

CMJ Testing

Statistics

What were the results?

Anthropometrics Mattered

Group Comparisons (Effect Sizes)

What Does This Mean?

Stopping is Multifactorial

While global correlations were null, who excels depends on how you quantify deceleration:

Size and Effect Sizes

Limitations

Coach's Takeaway

Match the Metric to the Goal

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Reference
Philipp NM, Cabarkapa D, Eserhaut DA, Cabarkapa DV, Fry AC (2022). Countermovement jump force-time metrics and maximal horizontal deceleration performance in professional male basketball players. Journal of Applied Sports Sciences. Access Full Text Here

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