RT Journal Article
T1 Training to Compete: Are Basketball Training Loads Similar to Competition Achieved?
A1 Feu Molina, Sebastián
A1 García Ceberino, Juan Manuel
A1 López Sierra, Pablo
A1 Ibáñez Godoy, Sergio José
AB 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 andexternal 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 SpanishACB competition were monitored for three weeks. The sample recorded intensities in 5 vs. 5 gamesituations 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), neuromuscularexternal 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 tocompetition; these intensities were lower in training. According to the playing position, inside playersrecorded 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 thissame context. There were no significant differences in intensity according to the playing positionin the competition. Considering the context–position interaction, no differences were observedin the intensities. Adjusting and optimizing training intensities to those recorded in competitionis necessary
PB MDPI
SN 2076-3417 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23245
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23245
LA eng
NO Feu, S., García-Ceberino, J. M., López-Sierra, P., & Ibáñez, S. J. (2023). Training to Compete: Are Basketball Training Loads Similar to Competition Achieved? In Applied Sciences (Vol. 13, Issue 22, p. 12512). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212512
NO This research was partially subsidized by the Spanish National Agency of Investigationthrough the project “Scientific and Technological Support to analyze the Training Workload ofBasketball 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 andSports Performance (GOERD) of the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the University of Extremadura. Allauthors have contributed to the manuscript, and we certify that it has not been published and is notunder consideration for publication in another journal
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026