The Business End of the Season: A Comparison Between Playoff and Regular-Season Workloads in Professional Basketball Players.

Ferioli, D; Scanlan, AT; Conte, D; Tibiletti, E; Rampinini, E

The Business End of the Season: A Comparison Between Playoff and Regular-Season Workloads in Professional Basketball Players.

Ferioli, D Scanlan, AT Conte, D Tibiletti, E Rampinini, E

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Publisher:: Human Kinetics
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2021, 16, (5), pp. 655-662
Issue Date:: 2021-02-09

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dc.contributor.author	Ferioli, D
dc.contributor.author	Scanlan, AT
dc.contributor.author	Conte, D
dc.contributor.author	Tibiletti, E
dc.contributor.author	Rampinini, E
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-19T03:51:54Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-06
dc.date.available	2021-11-19T03:51:54Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02-09
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2021, 16, (5), pp. 655-662
dc.identifier.issn	1555-0265
dc.identifier.issn	1555-0273
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151738
dc.description.abstract	Purpose: To quantify and compare the internal workloads experienced during the playoffs and regular season in basketball. Methods: A total of 10 professional male basketball players competing in the Italian first division were monitored during the final 6 weeks of the regular season and the entire 6-week playoff phase. Internal workload was quantified using the session rating of perceived exertion (s-RPE) method for all training sessions and games. A 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (day type × period) was utilized to assess differences in daily s-RPE between game days, days within 24 hours of games, and days >24 hours from games during the playoffs and regular season. Comparisons in weekly training, game, and total workloads were made between the playoffs and regular season using paired t tests and effect sizes. Results: A significant interaction between day and competitive period for s-RPE was found (P =.003, moderate). Lower s-RPE was apparent during playoff and regular-season days within 24 hours of games than all other days (P <.001, very large). Furthermore, s-RPE across days >24 hours from playoff games was different than all other days (P ≤.01, moderate–very large). Weekly training (P =.009, very large) and total (P <.001, moderate) s-RPE were greater during the regular season than playoffs, whereas weekly game s-RPE was greater during the playoffs than the regular season (P <.001, very large). Conclusions: This study presents an exploratory investigation of internal workload during the playoffs in professional basketball. Players experienced greater training and total weekly workloads during the regular season than during the playoffs with similar daily game workloads between periods
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Human Kinetics
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
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dc.subject	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1116 Medical Physiology, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Sport Sciences
dc.subject.mesh	Basketball
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Conditioning, Human
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Exertion
dc.subject.mesh	Seasons
dc.subject.mesh	Workload
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Seasons
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dc.subject.mesh	Physical Exertion
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Conditioning, Human
dc.subject.mesh	Basketball
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Conditioning, Human
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Exertion
dc.subject.mesh	Seasons
dc.subject.mesh	Workload
dc.title	The Business End of the Season: A Comparison Between Playoff and Regular-Season Workloads in Professional Basketball Players.
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Abstract:

Purpose: To quantify and compare the internal workloads experienced during the playoffs and regular season in basketball. Methods: A total of 10 professional male basketball players competing in the Italian first division were monitored during the final 6 weeks of the regular season and the entire 6-week playoff phase. Internal workload was quantified using the session rating of perceived exertion (s-RPE) method for all training sessions and games. A 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (day type × period) was utilized to assess differences in daily s-RPE between game days, days within 24 hours of games, and days >24 hours from games during the playoffs and regular season. Comparisons in weekly training, game, and total workloads were made between the playoffs and regular season using paired t tests and effect sizes. Results: A significant interaction between day and competitive period for s-RPE was found (P =.003, moderate). Lower s-RPE was apparent during playoff and regular-season days within 24 hours of games than all other days (P <.001, very large). Furthermore, s-RPE across days >24 hours from playoff games was different than all other days (P ≤.01, moderate–very large). Weekly training (P =.009, very large) and total (P <.001, moderate) s-RPE were greater during the regular season than playoffs, whereas weekly game s-RPE was greater during the playoffs than the regular season (P <.001, very large). Conclusions: This study presents an exploratory investigation of internal workload during the playoffs in professional basketball. Players experienced greater training and total weekly workloads during the regular season than during the playoffs with similar daily game workloads between periods

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