The Comparison of some physiological and physical variables between Iraqi and Russian youth players in basketball

Abstract

The basketball game consider one of the most popular games over the world and play by different ages began from early age (five years) in the schools , youth centers and clubs , it consider as effective instrument for the physical education and sport culture even it become as a life style in some countries in the world. In addition to this information the basketball enter to the Olympic sport programs and schools and practice in most sport clubs. The problem of research is weakness in the skills performance of Iraqi youth players, this weakness in most of time as result the bad selection of players because they do not depend on good standard of body and physical specifications to help select the future players to achieve the desired results. Therefore, the aim of study is knowledge of the differences between Iraqi and Russian youth players in some of physiological and physical variables. The hypotheses is: There are significant differences between Iraqi and Russian youth players in some of physiological and physical variables.