Estudo comparativo das cargas interna e externa acumuladas por jovens basquetebolistas em diferentes tipos de exercícios e jogos oficiais

Abstract

Understanding training and competition loads in youth basketball is essential to guide coaches' daily practice, but studies on this topic are still scarce. Hence, the main objective of this dissertation was to investigate which training exercises induce internal and external loads that are most similar to, or divergent from, those accumulated during official competition. Thirteen under-16 male basketball players were monitored across 32 formal training sessions and 10 official games over 10 consecutive weeks, resulting in a total of 316 and 95 individual observations, respectively. All drills were categorized according to game format and court size, and then clustered into three domains: (i) technical drills; (ii) tactical drills; (iii) game-based drills. Data were analyzed using the Paired Samples t-test. The results showed that players tend to accumulate greater internal and external loads in game-based drills. The 5v5 scrimmage was the one that closely resembled the demands of official games, whereas technical exercises, performed on a half-court without opposition, were the most divergent from competition demands. These findings highlight the importance of a careful selection of exercises for the effective management of training-induced loads in basketball.