Re-warm-up practices in elite and sub-elite Spanish men's and women's basketball team:practitioners' perspectives

  • Daniel González-Devesa Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, University of León, León, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6254-6461
  • Carlos Ayán Departamento de Didácticas Especiais, Universidade de Vigo, Well-Move Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, Pontevedra, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3374-843X
  • David Suárez-Iglesias VALFIS Research Group, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-3790
  • José Carlos Diz-Gómez Departamento de Didácticas Especiais, Universidade de Vigo, Well-Move Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, Pontevedra, Spain
  • Alejandro Vaquera VALFIS Research Group, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain. School of Sport & Exercise Science. University of Worcester, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-7676
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33155/j.ramd.2022.09.002
Keywords: coaches, half-time, performance, survey, team sport entrenadores, medio tiempo, rendimiento, encuesta, deportes de equipo treinadores, intervalo, desempenho, inquérito, esportes de equipa

Abstract

Objective: Research suggests that an active re-warm-up (RW-U) during half-time improves performance capacity in team sports, despite limited evidence in basketball. This study aimed to identify the practice of RW-U activities during the half-time period in elite and sub-elite Spanish men's and women's basketball teams.

Methods: We asked strength and conditioning coaches from all teams competing at ACB, LF, LF2, LEB Oro, LEB Plata and EBA leagues during the 2020/21 season to fill in a web survey.

Results: All respondents reported familiarization with the RW-U concept, although 45% only reproduced traditional strategies. Half of the coaches indicated that they always performed some activity, while the other half pointed out lack of time (45.7%) and player demands (62.9%) as the main constraints impeding its regular use.

Conclusion: Spanish basketball teams continue to reproduce traditional practices of active re-warm-up during half-time, regardless of their competitive level.

Published
2022-09-13
Issue
Vol. 15 No. 4 (2022): December 2022
Section
Originals
Page/s
138-142
DOI
https://doi.org/10.33155/j.ramd.2022.09.002