Resumen:
The aim of study is to comparison of the movement characteristics based on position-specific between world-class elite and semi-elite basketball players. 24 basketball players were selected from Spanish U18 semi-elite (Guards=5; Forwards=5;
Centres=2) and World-class elite basketball players (Guards=5; Forwards = 4; Centres= 3), respectively. Physical demands
were assessed using WIMU PRO Local Positioning System (Realtrack Systems, Almeria, Spain) during practices. The
differences between Spanish U18 semi-elite and World-class elite basketball players from different position were tested by
independent sample t-test. Our result showed that Spanish U18 semi-elite basketball players from all position, made more
movement of acceleration and deceleration per average minutes than their counterpart World-class basketball players.
Moreover, Spanish U18 guards have better performance in the performance profiles of g-force acceleration (ES=0.88)
and deceleration (ES=0.98) than World-class guards, as the same results as Spanish U18 centres (g-force acceleration,
ES=0.44; and g-force deceleration, ES=0.53). Conversely, World-class forwards have better performance in max acceleration (ES=0.42) and dec...