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T1 The effects of defensive style and final game outcome on the external training load of professional basketball players
A1 Castillo Alvira, Daniel
A1 Raya-González, Javier
A1 Clemente, Filipe Manuel
A1 Conte, Daniele
A1 Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandro
A1 Castillo, Daniel
A1 Clemente, Filipe
K1 Contextual factors
K1 External loads
K1 Load monitoring
K1 Man-marking
K1 Zone-marking
K1 Score
AB This study aimed to analyse the influence of different contextual factors (i.e., defensive style and game outcome) on basketball players’ external load during games-based drills using ultrawideband (UWB) technology. Fourteen male professional basketball players belonging to an elite reserve Spanish club (ACB) participated in this study. The games-based drills consisted of one bout of 10 min played 5vs5 in which players were instructed to use man-to-man defence (MMD) and/or zone defence (ZD). In addition, the final game outcome (i.e., winning or losing) of the game-based drill was registered. External load variables per minute were recorded: total distance covered, distance covered in different speed zones, distance covered while accelerating and decelerating, maximum speed, steps, jumps and player load. A two-way ANOVA with the Tukey post hoc test was used to assess the impact of defensive style and final game outcome and the interaction of both factors on the external load encountered by basketball players. No meaningful differences (unclear) were found in the external loads between playing with MMD and with ZD and between winning and losing teams except for greater distance at high-speed running (18.0–24.0 km·h-1) in winning teams (p < 0.05, ES = 0.68, moderate). A significant interaction between defensive style and final game outcome was found for high decelerations (> -2 m·s-2) (p = 0.041; ES = 0.70) and jumps (p = 0.037; ES = 0.68). These results could potentially help coaching staff in prescribing an appropriate workload during basketball-specific gamebased drills, and ultimately enhance the match performance.
PB Termedia Publishing
SN 0860-021X
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80776
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80776
LA eng
NO Biology of Sport, 2021, 38, 3, 483-490
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 11-ene-2026