Wheelchair basketball (WCB) is one of the most popular paralympic sports. While shooting efficiency is one of the key performance parameters related to on-court success, limited research to date has investigated shooting mechanics within this specific cohort of athletes. PURPOSE: The present study aimed to compare the shooting kinematics between experienced and non-experienced WCB athletes. METHODS: Eight male athletes (x¯±SD; age=31.9±8.9 years; sitting height=71.9±6.7 cm; body mass=78.9±15.1 kg) who were members of a national-level WCB team performed 10 two-point shots (5.10 m) while facing directly to the basket. A video camera recording at 60 fps as positioned 10 m away, perpendicular to the subject`s plane of motion, to record the shooting motion from a sagittal point of view. A video analysis software was used to analyze two-dimensional kinematic parameters: elbow angle (EA), relative initial ball height (BH) and release height (RH) adjusted by the athlete`s sitting height, release time, and release angle. Subjects were separated into experienced players (EG, n=4; >5 years of playing experience) and non-experienced players (NG, n = 4; novice athletes). Due to data violating the assumption of normality, median and interquartile ranges were reported. Shooting kinematic differences between groups were examined using Mann-Whitney U-tests (p
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