Comparison of vertical jump and sprint performances between 3 × 3 and 5 × 5 elite professional male basketball players

• Published in: Frontiers in sports and active living 2024, Vol.6, p.1394739-1394739
• Main Authors: Cabarkapa, Dimitrije, Johnson, Quincy R, Aleksic, Jelena, Cabarkapa, Damjana V, Philipp, Nicolas M, Sekulic, Marko, Krsman, Darko, Trunic, Nenad, Fry, Andrew C
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: acceleration; concentric; deceleration; eccentric; force; power
• ISSN: 2624-9367; 2624-9367
• DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1394739

Given its fast-growing popularity and unique on-court competitive demands, 3 × 3 basketball has captured a considerable amount of attention over recent years. However, unlike research focused on studying 5 × 5 basketball players, there is a lack of scientific literature focused on examining countermovement vertical jump (CMJ) and sprint performance characteristics of 3 × 3 athletes. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to compare force-time metrics during both eccentric and concentric phases of the CMJ and acceleration and deceleration capabilities between 3 × 3 and 5 × 5 top-tier professional male basketball athletes. Ten 3 × 3 and eleven 5 × 5 professional basketball players volunteered to participate in the present study. Upon completion of a standardized warm-up, each athlete performed three maximum-effort CMJs, followed by two 10 m sprints. A uni-axial force plate system sampling at 1,000 Hz was used to analyze CMJ force-time metrics and a radar gun sampling at 47 Hz was used to derive sprint acceleration-deceleration measures. Independent t-tests and Hedge's g were used to examine between-group statistically significant differences (