In basketball, every player with a specific playing position (point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center) requires specific player-individual characteristics. The purpose of this thesis was to measure take-off power of various basketball players and to find whether any differences in take-off power occur at different jumps across the playing positions. 55 short-listed basketball players for the Slovenian U14 national team participated in this research who regularly train. Force of reaction was measured by a tensiometric plate for each of 3 performed jumps (squat jump, countermovement jump, drop jump respectively from 20 cm and 40 cm). Basing on collected data it was found that point guards have the best results across playing positions from the squat position. Countermovement jump data showed that centers had best results with respect to time of jump and time of breaking, which is a consequence of improper technique execution, poor mobility and higher body mass. It was found that countermovement jumps were performed generally higher than squat jumps across playing positions, whereas the margin was around 11% to 20,1%. Drop jump was also performed the best by point guards. Performance data with respect to drop jump from 20 cm and 40 cm was not so diverse, whereas small forwards performed less well at drop jump from 40 cm than other playing positions.
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