**5. Conclusions**

This study was conducted to explore asymmetries in local strength, vertical jumping and ROM, and to investigate whether these asymmetries are related to COD performance in healthy elite-basketball players. A substantial variability among asymmetries in di fferent tests was noted. This implies that coaches and physiotherapists should not rely exclusively on the <10 % threshold when they are deciding on the athletes return to play, or planning interventions for reducing asymmetries. In particular, it is expected for RTD asymmetries to be larger than maximal strength (i.e., peak torque) asymmetries. In the attempt to elucidate which asymmetries are more relevant for performance, specifically to the COD ability, we performed linear regressions which showed more than one type of asymmetry is should be considered in the analyses to su fficiently explain the COD performance. Notably, the best model for predicting COD performance included both maximal strength and RTD asymmetry, both hip and trunk asymmetry, one vertical jump asymmetry, one ROM asymmetry, as well as asymmetry in functional leg length. Therefore, interventions should likely target multiple types of asymmetries when trying to improve COD performance. We encourage practitioners to use a wide testing battery to test di fferent aspects on local and global level of the body to obtain a clearer picture of athletes' asymmetries.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, F.U. and N.Š.; Data curation, F.U.; Formal analysis, F.U.; Funding acquisition, N.Š.; Investigation, F.U.; Methodology, N.Š.; Project administration, N.Š.; Resources, N.Š.; Software, N.Š.; Supervision, N.Š.; Validation, F.U. and N.Š.; Writing—original draft, F.U. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** The study was supported by the Slovenian Research Agency through the project TELASI-PREVENT [L5-1845] (Body asymmetries as a risk factor in musculoskeletal injury development: studying etiological mechanisms and designing corrective interventions for primary and tertiary preventive care).

**Acknowledgments:** The authors would like to thank the athletes and managemen<sup>t</sup> from the basketball clubs participating in this study. Additionally, many thanks to the research assistants who helped at testing.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.
