TY - JOUR AU - Sioud, Rim AU - Amara, Sofiene AU - Gaied Chortane, Sabri AU - Khalifa, Riadh PY - 2023/05/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effects of Shooting with A Reduced Hoop Diameter Rim on Kinematics of a Basketball Free-Throw JF - Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal JA - ASSRJ VL - 10 IS - 5 SE - Articles DO - 10.14738/assrj.105.14652 UR - https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/14652 SP - 37-46 AB - <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a reduced rim diameter (diameter 0.30 m) upon the kinematics of basketball free-throws. Ten male basketball players (mean<em> ± s</em>; age 17.1 ± 0.4 years, height 1.85 ± 1.43 m, mass 79.0 ± 5.3 kg) performed 8 direct successful free throws; 4 when using a standard 0.45 m diameter rim, and 4 with an 0.3 m diameter rim. Ball release parameters and joint angles at ball release were determined for each participant. The smaller rim was associated with significant increases (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.0001) in ball release angle, ball release velocity, ball release height and shoulder joint angle at release. The reduced diameter rim can be advocated as a tactic for developing a higher ball release angle when training the shooting technique of young basketball players; this is likely to maximize the probability of a successful free-throw when attempted into a standard rim.</p> ER -