Corresponding Assessment Scenarios in Laboratory and on-Court Tests: Centrality Measurements by Complex Networks Analysis in Young Basketball Players

Author(s)

Gobatto, C. A. ; Torres, R. S. ; Moura, F. A. ; Cunha, S. A. ; Giometti, C. B. ; Araujo, G. G. ; Sousa, F. A. B. ; Manchado-Gobatto, F. B.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 10, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2020-05-25.

Abstract

Besides technical and tactical aspects, basketball matches involve high aerobic and anaerobic capacities, conferring the final performance of a team. Thus, the evaluation of physical and technical responses is an effective way to predict the performance of athletes. Field and laboratory tests have been used in sports. The first involving high ecological validity and low cost, and the second, greater control and accuracy but not easy application, considering the different preparation phases in a season. This study aimed, through complex networks analysis, to verify whether centrality parameters analysed from significant correlations behave similarly in distinct scenarios (laboratory and on-court), emphasizing aerobic and anaerobic physical parameters and technical performances. The results showed that, in a compelling analysis involving basketball athletes, the studied centralities (degree, betweenness, eigenvector and pagerank) revealed similar responses in both scenarios, which is widely attractive considering the greater financial economy and lower time when applying tests in the field. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/50250-1 - The secret of playing football: Brazil versus the Netherlands
• Grantee: Sergio Augusto Cunha
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 12/06355-2 - Standardization of free and tethered specific tests to determine the aerobic and anaerobic parameters in slalom kayak: relationship with the performance
• Grantee: Fúlvia de Barros Manchado Gobatto
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 09/08535-5 - Standardization and validity of aerobic and anaerobic tests in field and laboratory, using free, tethered and half-tethered running, in endurance and sprint runners
• Grantee: Claudio Alexandre Gobatto
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 17/15994-2 - Influence of physical fitness and muscular pre-activation on the use of two-point pitches in basketball in situations of fatigue induction
• Grantee: Caio Boer Giometti
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation