Investigation of the effect of hand antropometric measurements, grip forces and balance skill on shoot performance in elite women's basketball players

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of elite female basketball players' hand anthropometric measurements, hand-grip strength and balance skills on their shooting performance. The working group was formed with the voluntary participation of 12 elite (A team) athletes of the Çeşme Basketball Sports Club, who are competing in the TBF Women's Basketball 1st League, operating in İzmir province, Çeşme district. In our study, age, height, weight, body mass index and hand anthropometric measurements of the athletes were made, and also hand grip strength, balance and Aahperd shot tests were applied to the athletes. Data analysis was evaluated using SPSS 24 package program. In the analysis of the data, Shapiro-Wilk Test was applied to determine whether they showed a normal distribution, and Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationship status of the parameters on the normal distribution of the data. As a result of the analysis, among the anthropometric parameters of the hands of the 12 athletes participating in the study; It was found that there was no significant relationship between shot performance and hand length, hand width, palm length, third finger length, hand shape index, finger index and hand surface area. Apart from the measurements made on the athletes, it was determined that there was no significant relationship between the hand grip strength and balance test results and their shooting performance. From the data obtained, it was determined that there was no significant relationship between the dominant hand measurement and test values of the athletes and their shooting performance.