@article{10272/23245,
year = {2023},
month = {11},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23245},
abstract = {Basketball players should train at intensities similar to those recorded in competition,
but are the intensities really similar? This study aimed to quantify and compare the internal and
external intensities assimilated by professional basketball players, both in training and in competition,
according to context and the specific player position. Players from the same team in the Spanish
ACB competition were monitored for three weeks. The sample recorded intensities in 5 vs. 5 game
situations in both training (n = 221) and competition (n = 32). The intensities, as dependent variables,
were classified into kinematic external workload demands (distances, high-intensity displacements,
accelerations, decelerations, the acceleration:deceleration ratio, jumps, and landings), neuromuscular
external workload demands (impacts and player load), and internal workload demands (heart rate).
They were measured using inertial measurement devices and pulsometers. The playing positions,
as independent variables, were grouped into guard, forward, and center. According to the context,
the results reported a significant mismatch of all training intensities, except jumps, with respect to
competition; these intensities were lower in training. According to the playing position, inside players
recorded more jumps and landings per minute than point guards and outside players in training.
In turn, inside players recorded a higher average heart rate per minute than outside players in this
same context. There were no significant differences in intensity according to the playing position
in the competition. Considering the context–position interaction, no differences were observed
in the intensities. Adjusting and optimizing training intensities to those recorded in competition
is necessary},
organization = {This research was partially subsidized by the Spanish National Agency of Investigation
through the project “Scientific and Technological Support to analyze the Training Workload of
Basketball teams according to sex, level of the players and season period” (PID2019-106614GBI00)
MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.
This work was developed within the Group of Optimization of Training and
Sports Performance (GOERD) of the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the University of Extremadura. All
authors have contributed to the manuscript, and we certify that it has not been published and is not
under consideration for publication in another journal},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Training to Compete: Are Basketball Training Loads Similar to Competition Achieved?},
doi = {10.3390/app132212512},
author = {Feu Molina, Sebastián and García Ceberino, Juan Manuel and López Sierra, Pablo and Ibáñez Godoy, Sergio José},
}