Anthropometric, Physiological, and Neuromuscular Profiles of Elite Female Basketball Players Across Court's Position

Basketball is a high-intensity team sport that requires speed and multidirectional movements, in addition to robustly training energy systems. Thus, this study aims to provide descriptive data on the physical, physiological, and neuromuscular characteristics in elite female basketball players according to athletes' positions on the court. Eighteen elite female athletes (25.7 ± 4.4 years old) from the elite Brazilian female basketball team participated in this study. On the first day, multiple laboratory and field tests were performed during a training camp, including body composition, vertical jumps, isokinetic strength, and running cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). On the subsequent day, a repeated-sprint ability test was performed on an official basketball court. One-way ANOVA followed by post hoc tests was used for statistical analysis. The significance level was set for the P < 0.05 for all analyses. There were significant differences in the physical and performance characteristics between positions. Centers, relative to guards and forwards, were significantly (P ≤ 0.03 for all) heavier (17