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Furthermore, it also aimed to establish physical reference values. Sixty-nine Portuguese basketball players from four age categories (U14 males [U14M], U14 females [U14F], U16 males [U16M], and U16 females [U16F]) performed the 20-m sprint, countermovement jump, V-Cut change of direction, 3-kg medicine ball throw, and lane agility test. Maturity offset (pre-, mid-, and post-peak height velocity [PHV]) was estimated using sex-specific equations. A one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni tests analyzed the differences between age categories (U14 vs. U16) and maturity offset (mid-PHV vs. post-PHV) in physical variables. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles were calculated for each physical variable. The U16M outperformed the U14M, U14F, and U16F in all physical tests (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and the U16F had better sprint and change of direction times than the U14F (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). 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