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Anthropological analysis of the Croatian U16 basketball men’s national team – a comparative analysis of two generations

The aim of this research was to conduct a comparative analysis of anthropological characteristics of basketball players from the U16 Men’s National Team born in 1997 or 1998 with the present U16 generation born in 2000 and 2001. The participants in this research were twenty one (21) players, members of the U16 Men’s National Team. The research included tests for assessing morphological characteristics, as well as test for motor and functional abilities. Based on the obtained results, the conclusion can be made that the present generation of U16 basketball players born in 2000 or 2001 showed quite similar modal characteristics to the ones demonstrated by the U16 generation of players born in 1997 and 1998 in their results of tests for assessing morphological characteristics, motor and functional abilities.

basketball, morphological characteristics, motor and functional abilities, U16

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