Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Publisher
Human Kinetics Journals
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences / Exercise Medicine Research Institute
RAS ID
35941
Abstract
Purpose:
To investigate the relationships between internal and external training load (TL) metrics with elite international women’s basketball performance.
Methods:
Sessional ratings of perceived exertion, PlayerLoad™/minute, and training duration were collected from 13 elite international-level female basketball athletes (age 29.0 [3.7] y, stature 186.0 [9.8] cm, body mass 77.9 [11.6] kg) during the 18 weeks prior to the International Basketball Federation Olympic qualifying event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Training stress balance, differential load, and the training efficiency index were calculated with 3 different smoothing methods. These TL metrics and their change in the last 21 days prior to competition were examined for their relationship to competition performance as coach ratings of performance.
Results:
For a number of TL variables, there were consistent significant small to moderate correlations with performance and significant small to large differences between successful and unsuccessful performances. However, these differences were only evident for external TL when using exponentially weighted moving averages to calculate TL. The variable that seemed most sensitive to performance was the change in training efficiency index in the last 21 days prior to competition (performance r = .47–.56, P < .001 and difference between successful and unsuccessful performance P < .001, f2 = 0.305–0.431).
Conclusions:
Internal and external TL variables were correlated with performance and distinguished between successful and unsuccessful performances among the same players during international women’s basketball games. Manipulating TL in the last 3 weeks prior to competition may be worthwhile for basketball players’ performance, especially in internal TL.
DOI
10.1123/ijspp.2020-0495
Comments
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2021, 16(6): 871-880, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0495. © Human Kinetics, Inc.
Coyne, J. O. C., Coutts, A. J., Newton, R. U., & Haff, G. G. (2021). Relationships between different internal and external training load variables and elite international women’s basketball performance. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 16(6), 871-880.
https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0495