Comparison of Physical Profiles of State-Level Netball Players by Position

Graham, S, Duthie, G, Aughey, R, and Zois, J. Comparison of physical profiles of state-level netball players by position. J Strength Cond Res 34(9): 2654–2662, 2020—Understanding the physical profiles of state-level netball athletes provides conditioning professionals with testing norms and an understanding of important capacities within particular positions. The purpose was to examine positional differences in physical capacities of state-level netball athletes. Forty-six state-level netball athletes completed physical capacity assessments in the second week of their preseason, over 2 seasons. Tests included stature, 20-m sprint (with 5 and 10 m splits), 505 change-of-direction, countermovement jump, single-leg bounding, and the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level one. A linear mixed-model with fixed and random effects was used in conjunction with magnitude-based inferences to determine meaningful differences with 90% confidence limits (CLs). Midcourt athletes were shorter in stature than shooters (effect size [ES]: 1.26, CL 0.88–1.63) and defenders (−2.58, −3.35 to −1.80). Midcourt athletes were faster than shooters and defenders in linear acceleration over 5 and 10 m distances and 505 change-of-direction (ES range: −0.34 to −0.59). Shooters presented poorer intermittent endurance than midcourt (−0.82, −1.34 to −0.31) and defenders (−0.56, −1.19 to 0.07). Defenders jumped higher than midcourt athletes (−0.56, −1.30 to 0.19) and shooters (−...

Source: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research - August 28, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Original Research Source Type: research