Academic literature on the topic 'Double Dribble'

Purpose: To examine the effect of caffeine supplementation on dribbling speed in elite female and male basketball players. Methods: A double-blind, counterbalanced, randomized, crossover design was used. Elite basketball players (N = 21; 10 female, 11 male; age 18.3 [3.3] y) completed placebo (3 mg·kg−1 of body mass of dextrose) and caffeine (3 mg·kg−1 of body mass) trials 1 wk apart during the in-season phase. During each trial, players completed 20-m linear sprints with and without dribbling a basketball. Performance times were recorded at 5-, 10-, and 20-m splits. Dribbling speed was measured using traditional (total performance time) and novel (dribble deficit) methods. Dribble deficit isolates the added time taken to complete a task when dribbling compared with a nondribbling version of the same task. Comparisons between placebo and caffeine conditions were conducted at group and individual levels. Results: Nonsignificant (P > .05), trivial to small (effect size = 0.04–0.42) differences in dribbling speed were observed between conditions. The majority (20 out of 21) of players were classified as nonresponders to caffeine, with 1 player identified as a negative responder using dribble-deficit measures. Conclusions: Results indicate that caffeine offers no ergogenic benefit to dribbling speed in elite basketball players. The negative response to caffeine in 1 player indicates that caffeine supplementation may be detrimental to dribbling speed in specific cases and emphasizes the need for individualized analyses in nutrition-based sport-science research.

OBJECTIVE Xiao et al. and other investigators have studied an intradural somatic-to-autonomic (e.g., L-5 to S3–4) nerve transfer as a method to create a reflex arc to allow bladder emptying in response to cutaneous stimulation (the Xiao procedure). In previous clinical studies of patients with spinal dysraphism who underwent the Xiao procedure, high success rates (70%–85%) were reported for the establishment of a “skin-CNS-bladder” reflex arc that allows spontaneous, controlled voiding in children with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. However, many of these studies did not use blinded observers, did not have control groups, and/or featured only limited follow-up durations. METHODS A randomized, prospective, double-blind trial was initiated in March 2009, enrolling children with myelomeningocele (MM), lipomyelomeningocele (LMM), and neurogenic bladder dysfunction who were scheduled for spinal cord detethering (DT) for the usual indications. At the time of DT, patients were randomized between 2 arms of the study: half of the patients underwent a standard spinal cord DT procedure alone (DT group) and half underwent DT as well as the Xiao procedure (DT+X group). Patients, families, and study investigators, all of whom were blinded to the surgical details, analyzed the patients' strength, sensory function, mobility, voiding, and urodynamic bladder function before surgery and at regular intervals during the 3-year follow-up. RESULTS Twenty patients were enrolled in the study: 10 underwent only DT and the other 10 underwent DT+X. The addition of the Xiao procedure to spinal cord DT resulted in longer operative times (p = 0.024) and a greater chance of wound infection (p = 0.03). Patients in both treatment arms could intermittently void or dribble small amounts of urine (< 20% total bladder capacity) in response to scratching in dermatomes T-9 through S-2 using a standardized protocol, but the voiding was not reproducible and the volume voided was not clinically useful in any patient. Voiding in response to scratching was not more frequent in patients who underwent DT+X compared with those who underwent only DT. Bladder contractions in response to scratching occurred in both treatment arms at various intervals after surgery, but they were not more reproducible or more frequent in the patients who underwent the Xiao procedure than in the patients who did not. No patient in either treatment arm was continent of urine before, during, or after the study. CONCLUSIONS Patients with MM and LMM who underwent the Xiao procedure during spinal cord DT were no more likely to be able to void, to control their urination, to achieve continence, or to have a demonstrable urodynamic bladder contraction in response to cutaneous stimulation than patients who underwent only spinal cord DT. This study, in the context of disappointing results reported in other recent studies of the Xiao procedure, raises doubts about the clinical applicability of this procedure in humans until further basic science research is performed.

Objective Caffeine supplementation is a commonly used nutritional practice. Exogenous metabolites from caffeine, such as paraxanthine, theobromine and theophylline, are eventually excreted through urine. Yet, it is less clear whether caffeine would induce endogenous metabolites altered during exercise. Urine metabolomics is non-invasive method, which mainly focus on alterations of endogenous metabolic profiles caused by diseases, drugs, and lifestyle and nutritional interventions as well. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of supplementation with caffeine in a well-designed high intensity interval training (HITT). We identified significant alterations in urinary metabolite levels and revealed key metabolic pathways involved in caffeine supplementation in HITT. Methods We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo- controlled crossover study. Twelve women basketball players (age:19.12 ± 2.64 years, mass: 174.73 ± 5.18 cm, height: 62 ± 5.09 kg, with 8.50±2.11 years training period for basketball) were randomized to placebo (PLA) or caffeine (CAF) with dosage of 3mg on the basis of body weight (kg) 45min before a field HITT test. The test was repeated after three days when players were crossed over to the alternate test. The test began with a 30 min warmup, followed by a high intensity intermittent exercise trail with incremental load for about 25min, and a cool-down. Players are familiar with the test program which included 55 sets of dribble shuttle-run, pass, shoot, and rebound with basketball with a distance of 1540m (55 × 28m), the interval between two sets was gradually reduced. Performance (completed time), heart rates immediate (HR0min) and 1 min (HR1min) after test, blood lactate (BLa), proteinuria and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were collected during each protocol. Urine samples were obtained before and 1 h after of the test. 1H-NMR spectra (Bruker AVANCE III HD 600MHz) were obtained and then processed by NMR spectra (MestReNova 9.0). The binning values of NMR spectra are imported into MATLAB, and the peaks are aligned with the icoshift algorithm. Then concentrations of the aligned metabolites were calculated by converting the integral area of proton signals with that of the TSP. Pattern recognition was performed to the processed NMR data, including principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Characteristic metabolites were identified that contribute most to the metabolic pattern between groups according to the OPLS-DA models. Finally, we analyzed the metabolic pathway by importing characteristic metabolites with concentrations into the Enrichment Analysis (MetaboAnalysis 3.0) to determine the metabolic pathways with the greatest disturbance related to caffeine during exercise. Moreover, the main effects of exercise, caffeine and the interaction between exercise and caffeine were determined by Repeated measure GLM analysis (Spss 22.0). Results (1) Compared with PLA, CAF had no significant difference in the completed time (25.9 min vs. 26.8 min). Repeated measured analysis showed that there was significant overall time effect on the routine training monitoring parameters, while no statistically group differences in HR0min, HR1min, BLa (199.02±21.36 vs.189.00±22.38 bpm; 148.02±12.60 vs.148.02±20.34 bpm, and 8.89±2.23 vs. 9.52±2.91 mmol/L, respectively). For the qualitative indexes, the positive rate of urine ketone bodies was increased, while RPE did not changed. (2) We identified 32 metabolites in urine sample. PCA showed distinct differentiation of metabolic patterns between each two groups in the four groups (PLAbefore, PLApost, CAFbefore, CAFafter). By using OPLS-DA, we found that the urine metabolic profiles were differences in between caffeine supplementation group and placebo group during the test. OPLS-DA revealed the identified metabolites of exercise and caffeine respectively, among them, lactate, butyric acid, isobutyric acid, 3-hydroxybutyric acid and pyruvic acid could be used as metabolic biomarkers in the HITT response. Supplementation of caffeine increased the production of fat metabolites in urine compared to the PLA. Enrichment analysis showed that the disturbed metabolic pathways shared by PLA and CAF were purine metabolism, glycolysis, insulin signal transduction, galactose metabolism, gluconeogenesis, glucose-alanine cycle, sphingolipid metabolism, alanine metabolism and citric acid cycle. Yet, when compared to the PLA, CAF enhanced fat metabolism and increased pyruvate metabolism, cysteine metabolism and mitochondrial electron transport. These results suggest that caffeine could promote fatty acid metabolism and amino acid metabolism to improve aerobic metabolism and to reduce oxidative stress, and thus promote exercise capacity. (3) Covariance analysis showed that there were significant individual-specific effects of caffeine supplementation. Conclusions Caffeine supplementation during HITT promoted the fat metabolism, and upregulated the TCA, pyruvate metabolism and mitochondrial electron transfer. It is suggested that caffeine could, to some extent, promote energy supply shift from anaerobic metabolic to an aerobic manner, and the enhancement of fat oxidation would be beneficial to glycogen storage for intensively long-duration exercise. Moreover, there are obvious individual differences in caffeine response on sports.

This thesis on Teaching basketball in physical education classes in primary schools deals with mapping the conditions for teaching basketball at five elementary schools and, furthermore, it deals with finding the level of basketball skills of the pupils. The aim of this thesis, based on research, is to find out whether it is possible for elementary school pupils to significantly improve in their basketball skills during physical education classes and whether such an improvement can arouse their deeper interest in this sport.The theoretical part focuses on the explanation and clarification of the basic terms and characteristics of the age group of 6 - 11 year old pupils. The research part describes the tests which were selected based on consultation with basketball experts. Additionally, it describes the conditions under which testing of pupils was undertaken. Finally, in the tables with written explanation, it shows the test results of the individual pupils and schools. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)