Publications by authors named "V Separovic"
Objectives: The physical activity level (PAL) has significantly decreased as a result of the social distancing and lockdown related to the COVID‑19 pandemic, but there is a lack of knowledge on the correlates of PAL during the pandemic. The aim of this research was to examine the influence of pre-pandemic sports participation and substance use and misuse (SUM) on PAL during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
Material And Methods: The study included 661 high-school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina (aged 15-18 years, 292 females).
Article Synopsis
- Parental and familial factors significantly influence the physical activity levels (PAL) in adolescents, yet few studies have examined these relationships over time.
- This study followed 651 adolescents in Bosnia and Herzegovina for about two years, revealing a decrease in PAL, particularly in boys, often linked to reduced sports participation during this period.
- Results indicated that parental education positively correlates with adolescent physical activity, suggesting that educated parents are likely better at promoting and modeling active lifestyles for their children.
The importance of response time (RT) in sports is well known, but there is an evident lack of reliable and valid sport-specific measurement tools applicable in the evaluation of RT in trained athletes. This study aimed to identify the validity, reliability, and usefulness of four newly developed RT testing protocols among athletes from agility-saturated (AG) and non-agility-saturated (NAG) sports. Thirty-seven AG and ten NAG athletes (age: 20.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPojskic, H, Sisic, N, Separovic, V, and Sekulic, D. Association between conditioning capacities and shooting performance in professional basketball players: an analysis of stationary and dynamic shooting skills. J Strength Cond Res 32(7): 1981-1992, 2018-Little is known about the influence of conditioning capacities on shooting performance in basketball.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the present study was to compare the aerobic and anaerobic power and capacity of elite male basketball players who played multiple positions. Fifty-five healthy players were divided into the following three different subsamples according to their positional role: guards (n = 22), forwards (n = 19) and centers (n = 14). The following three tests were applied to estimate their aerobic and anaerobic power and capacities: the countermovement jump (CMJ), a multistage shuttle run test and the Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST).
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