Abstract Short-duration sprints (< 10 seconds), interspersed with brief recoveries (< 60
seconds), are common during most team and racket sports. Therefore, the ability to recover …

Background In team sports, it is imperative that the warm-up improves acute explosive
performance. However, the exact strategies, methods, and consequences of different warm …

Abstract Aoki, MS, Ronda, LT, Marcelino, PR, Drago, G, Carling, C, Bradley, PS, and
Moreira, A. Monitoring training loads in professional basketball players engaged in a …

Although different strategies have been implemented to manage recovery-fatigue status in
athletes, there is still a lack of consensus on which recovery protocols have the greatest …

Background Repeated-sprint training (RST) involves maximal-effort, short-duration sprints
(≤ 10 s) interspersed with brief recovery periods (≤ 60 s). Knowledge about the acute …

The game of basketball is characterized by short and intense bouts of activity at medium to
high frequency. Basketball entails specific types of movements, physiological requirements …

The aim of the present study was to compare the aerobic and anaerobic power and capacity
of elite male basketball players who played multiple positions. Fifty-five healthy players were …

Field-based team sport matches are composed of short, high-intensity efforts, interspersed
with intervals of rest or submaximal exercise, repeated over a period of 60–120 minutes …

The present study aims (i) to compare the maturational, morphological and fitness attributes
of young basketball players of primary and secondary teams of an elite basketball academy …

Despite extensive data regarding the demands of playing basketball, the relative importance
of factors that cause fatigue and muscle potentiation has been explored only tentatively and …