Abstract
2/2021
vol. 38
Original paper
Training load, recovery and game performance in semiprofessional male basketball: influence of individual characteristics and contextual factors
- Sport Performance Laboratory, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome ‘Foro Italico’, Italy
- Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Biol Sport. 2021;38(2):207–217
Online publish date: 2020/09/03
This study examined the effects of individual characteristics and contextual factors on training load, pre-game recovery and game performance in adult male semi-professional basketball. Fourteen players were monitored, across a whole competitive season, with the session-RPE method to calculate weekly training load, and the Total Quality Recovery Scale to obtain pre-game recovery scores. Additionally, game-related statistics were gathered during official games to calculate the Performance Index Rating (PIR). Individual characteristics and contextual factors were grouped using k-means cluster analyses. Separate mixed linear models for repeated measures were performed to evaluate the single and combined (interaction) effects of individual characteristics (playing experience; playing position; playing time) and contextual factors (season phase; recovery cycle; previous game outcome; previous and upcoming opponent level) on weekly training load, pre-game recovery and PIR. Weekly load was higher in guards and medium minute-per-game (MPG) players, and lower for medium-experienced players, before facing high-level opponents, during later season phases and short recovery cycles (all p
Keywords
Team sport, Workload management, Fatigue, Playing position, Internal load, Playing experience
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