PhD, Associate Professor D.A. Kazakov¹
PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Romanova¹
PhD, Associate Professor M.V. Eremin¹
PhD, Associate Professor M.N. Komarov^1
1Russian State Social University, Moscow

Objective of the study was to profile and analyze the age- and game-position-specific physical / technical fitness test data correlations in the 14-19 year-old basketball groups.
Methods and structure of the study. We sampled 95 junior 14-19 year-old basketball players for the study that was run in March through November 2019 at the Ravinsky Olympic Reserve Sports School No. 49. The players’ physical and technical fitness were tested using the standard test toolkit. 
Results and conclusion. The 16-17 year-old defenders were tested with the highest correlations of the 20m sprint with the 5x6m shuttle sprint (r = 0.677), standing high jump and combined technical fitness (r = -0.616) test rates. Most beneficial for the 18-19-year-old defenders were the correlations of the 20m sprint with 3x10m ball control (r = 0.664) tests; for the attackers 2x40m with 3x10m ball control (r = 0.636 ) test rates; and for the centers - the 20m sprint with the 30s wall rebound passes (r = -0.498) test rates.
The technical / physical fitness correlations were found age-specific. Most beneficial for the 18-19 year-olds were the special game-position-specific motor skills tests with the test data correlation analyses. Significant correlations in the group were found for the long-distance shooting, 30s both-hands passing and speed-strength test rates. The age- and game-position specific technical / physical fitness training systems are recommended being customized as dictated by the test data correlations.
Conclusion. The study found that the 14-19 year-old basketball players with age are tested with the shorter numbers of significant technical / physical fitness test rate correlations – apparently indicative of the growing sports mastery levels.

Keywords: physical fitness, technical fitness, test data correlations, junior basketball players, game position.

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