Key result
Smaller game formats and attacking tactics increase heart rate and play volume in youth basketball.
Why the study?
The effects of different small-sided and conditioning games with varying tactical contents on heart rate, technical performance, and collective organization in youth basketball players were not well understood.
Do different small-sided and conditioning games affect heart rate responses and technical performance in youth basketball players?
Do different small-sided and conditioning games affect heart rate responses and technical performance in youth basketball players?
p-value: p=0.001
Different small-sided and conditioning games with tactical content influence the physiological responses and technical performance of youth basketball players.
Smaller formats with attacking content may intensify youth basketball conditioning; leaves open effects on long-term skill transfer and match outcomes.
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of different small-sided and conditioning games (SSCG) with different tactical contents on heart rate responses, technical performance and collective organization of youth basketball players of different performance levels. Twenty male basketball players from U14 (13.7 ± 0.8 years old; 4.2 ± 1.4 years of practice) and U16 (15.3 ± 1.1 years old; 6.4 ± 2.1 years of practice) participated in this research study. The two-way MANOVA revealed that the sports level (p = 0.009; [Formula: see text] = 0.151), format (p = 0.001; [Formula: see text] = 0.246) and task condition (p = 0.023; [Formula: see text] = 0.104; small effect size) had significant main effects on heart rate responses. It was also found that the format (p = 0.001; [Formula: see text] = 0.182) had significant main effects on technical performance. A smaller format significantly increased the heart rate, volume of play, efficiency index and collective density during attacking plays. The SSCG with attacking content statistically increased the heart rate, efficiency index and performance score. Therefore, this study revealed that different SSCGs with tactical content influenced the physiological responses of youth players.
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Clemente et al. (2017) studied Youth basketball players (n=20). Small-sided and conditioning games (SSCG) with different formats and tactical contents vs. Other formats and tactical contents was evaluated on Heart rate responses (p=0.001). Smaller game formats and attacking tactical content significantly increased heart rate, volume of play, and efficiency index in youth basketball players.
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