@Article{L. Fox2022,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="39",
number="1",
year="2022",
title="Are acute player workloads associated with in-game performance in basketball?",
abstract="To investigate associations between acute workload and in-game performance in basketball. Eight semi-professional, male basketball players were monitored during all training sessions (N = 28) and games (N = 18) across the season. External workload was determined using absolute (arbitrary units[AU]) and relative (AU·min-1) PlayerLoadTM (PL), and absolute (count) and relative (count·min-1) low-intensity, mediumintensity, high-intensity, and total Inertial Movement Analysis (IMA) events (accelerations, decelerations, changesof-direction, and jumps). Internal workload was determined using absolute and relative Summated-Heart-RateZones workload, session-rating of perceived exertion, rating of perceived exertion, and time (min) spent working > 90% of maximal heart rate. In-game performance was indicated by the player efficiency statistic. Repeated measures correlations were used to determine associations between acute workload variables (across the previous 7 days) and player efficiency. Relative PL (r = 0.13, small) and high-intensity IMA events (r = 0.13, small) possessed the strongest associations with player efficiency of the investigated workload variables (P > 0.05). All other associations were trivial in magnitude (P > 0.05). Given the trivial-small associations between all external and internal workload variables and player efficiency, basketball practitioners should not rely solely on monitoring acute workloads to determine performance potential in players.",
author="L. Fox, Jordan
and Stanton, Robert
and J. O’Grady, Cody
and Teramoto, Masaru
and Sargent, Charli
and T. Scanlan, Aaron",
pages="95--100",
doi="10.5114/biolsport.2021.102805",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2021.102805"
}