Comparison of Physical and Motoric Characteristics by Playing Positions in Basketball

The purpose of this study was to compare of physical and motoric characteristics by playing positions in basketball. Seventy nine male adolescent basketball players from center (n=11), guard (n=39) and forward (n=29) playing positions voluntarily participated in the study (mean age respectively, centers: 14,9 ± 1,2 years, guards: 13,9 ± 0,8 years, forwards: 13,7 ± 1,5 years). The body height, body weight, 20 m sprint, Illiniois agility test and jumping test (vertical & horizontal) were applied. One-way analysis of variance was used to determine the differences between the playing positions. Data which passed the equality of variance test were analyzed with Tukey statistics (p