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Sadee Amira Irby

Department of Science, Kean University

Kinesiology ONH01

Pamela Goldsmith

October 30th, 2021

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In basketball, dribbling helps get rid of opponents and facilitate the player's movement on

the court. There are body movements involved in the dribbling process that include movement of

the elbow, knee, shoulder, wrist, ankle, spine, and hip. Different muscles and different joints

coordinate the movements. Here is a look at the body organs' movements, the planes in which the

movement occurs, and the axis of rotation that occurs in each joint.

When dribbling, the hips are hyperextended to move the thigh back. The left knee is bent

more than the right knee proving to be more bent than the right one. The wrist is flexible and

moves around as the ball is being drilled. As the right wrist is in motion, the left wrist is left

stationary. The spine undergoes a flexion movement as the player bends forward. The right elbow

flexes to allow the upper arm to move up slightly and the hand to receive the ball. The left elbow is

also stationary, as it does not perform any function.

The planes and axes are used to determine the movement of joints. Planes include the

sagittal plane, frontal plane, and transversal plane (Langer, Kouchi, & Ballester, 2021). In

basketball, there are muscle movements while dribbling. They include the movement of the

shoulders, elbow, wrist, spine, among other movements. The shoulder and the hip both have the

ball and socket joint that enables them to rotate. They, therefore, move in the transverse plane.

The knee bends through the sagittal plane that controls the up and down movement of

flexion and extension. The ankle also moves in the sagittal plane, as it goes through flexion and

extension movement, which in this case is known as dorsiflexion and plantarflexion. The spine

also moves at the sagittal plane as it also goes through flexion movement, and the movement is

referred to as kyphosis (Floyd & Thompson, 2018). The elbow also moves in the sagittal plane as it

goes through flexion movement.

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The plane and axes are interrelated in that the movement in a plane directly affects the

movement in an axis. For example, the movement in the sagittal plane makes an individual move

in the transverse axis ( Soubeyrand et al.,2017). Therefore, all the movements above in the sagittal

plane move in the transverse axis. Such movements include the movement of the ankle, spine,

knee, and elbow. The movement in the transverse plane occurs in the longitudinal axis. Therefore,

the movement in the hips and shoulders occur in the longitudinal axis. It involves the rotation of

the muscles.

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Floyd, R.T., & Thompson, C.W. (2018). Manual of structural kinesiology (20th ed).

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