1. Additional players and half-court areas enhance group tactical-technical behavior and decrease physical and physiological responses in basketball small-sided games
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Gibson Moreira Praça, Leopoldo Augusto Paolucci, Mauro Heleno Chagas, Sarah da Glória Teles Bredt, Bernardo Vidigal Borges Mortoza, André Gustavo Pereira de Andrade, Daniel de Souza Camargo, and Tomaz Lemos Nascimento Rosso
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Basketball ,Group (mathematics) ,Applied psychology ,Small sided games ,Psychology ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Physiological responses - Abstract
Small-sided games are used to improve tactical-technical and physical performances in team sports. This study compared the physical, physiological, and tactical-technical responses during 3 versus 3 basketball small-sided games performed in full and half-court: numerical equality (3 vs. 3), numerical superiority (4 vs. 3), and with a non-scorer floater (3 vs. 3 + 1). A total of 45 U-14 and U-15 male athletes participated in the study. They were divided into three-player teams and played one 4-minute bout of each small-sided game type. Heart rate and the time spent in four acceleration zones (0.0–0.5, 0.5–1.0, 1.0–1.5, and 1.5–2.0 g) were recorded using heart rate monitors and triaxial accelerometers. Small-sided games were filmed for the analysis of tactical-technical behavior. Results showed a higher frequency of space creation without the ball, and a mean number of passes per offense in the formats 4 versus 3 and 3 versus 3 + 1, and a lower frequency of space creation with the ball dribbled in 3 versus 3 + 1 compared with 3 versus 3. Physical and physiological responses were higher in the full-court regardless of format and in numerical equality regardless of court area; only the time spent in the highest acceleration zone was higher in half-court small-sided games. We concluded that additional players increase group tactical actions and decrease physical and physiological responses in 3 versus 3 basketball small-sided games.
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- 2021