UWEC CERCA 2026

Preseason testing for college athletes helps establish training plans and athlete profiles. Jump testing with force plates has become popular, but less is known about the relationship between force and power with body composition in basketball. PURPOSE: This study examined the relationship between body composition and jump performance of Division III men’s and women’s basketball players (MBP, WBP) during preseason. METHODS: 13 WBP and 11 MBP players completed two preseason testing sessions. During session one participants completed double and single leg jump testing on a force plate, which analyzed reactive strength index (RSI), peak power (PP), eccentric duration (ECCD), eccentric force (ECCF), and jump height. During session two, participants completed a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan that measured total/regional body fat percentage (BF), lean mass (LM), fat mass (FM). RESULTS: Results showed significant negative correlations (p