Abstract
This study provides information on what might be implemented as best methods to advance basketball in the USA for lifelong healthy development of every participant. The authors utilized the model of integrated elite and mass sport development from past research which formed the foundation for a survey of 100 US basketball coaches and 10 administrators to generate a snapshot of perceptions of the current sport system and possibilities for its further growth. Results suggested best US and international practices in: attracting participants to basketball (in addition to being introduced to basketball by themselves and parents, potential basketball players are attracted from outside the sport’s participation base, particularly using different types of searches at schools); retention of participants by using guidelines for multiple development stages young basketball players are trained on as recommended by USA Basketball (USAB) and other domestic and international governing bodies (NGBs) for nurturing athletes from the introduction to sport through the achievement of peak performance on to retirement from sport (US Olympic and Paralympic Committee encourages and helps all its NGBs to implement such guidelines as American Development Model); healthy progression of participants to the highest desired level of performance by using a multi-stage system of basketball qualification integrated with a system of fitness tests for mass participation.
Presenters
Peter SmolianovProfessor, Sport and Movement Science, Salem State University, USA, United States Chris Boucher
Professor, Mathematics, Salem State University, Massachusetts, United States Katharine Bloom
Salem State University Tamara Dolmatova
full-time researcher, Sport governance Department, Russian Institute of Sport Science, Moskva, Russian Federation Steven Dion
Salem State University Christopher Schoen
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Public Health Policies and Practices
KEYWORDS
Lifelong health guidelines, Attraction to sport, Retention of basketball players
