Nenad Trunić, Marijana Mladenović

The selection for top basketball achievements implies accurately defined goals, criteria, time periods and methods of realization. Talent identification is the first step in the process of planning, programming and realization of selection and training processes. Selection criteria are conditioned in multidisciplinary way, and have to cover the entire anthropological plane of a basketball player. The crucial aspects for top basketball results are morphological body type, genetic predisposition, functional and motor abilities, specific technical and tactical abilities, psychological and sociological characteristics and complex abilities of a basketball player, as a synthesis of all of the above. The complexity of talent identification process and the defining of selection criteria implicitly require involvement of certain types of professionals: basketball coaches (experts for physical, technical and tactical preparation), doctors specializing in various areas, biomechanics, kinesiologists, and psychologists. This paper presents selection goals, talent identification processes and realization subjects.

Keywords: selection, basketball, talent identification

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