TABLE 2.
Frequency (#), duration (s), and distance (m) of the seven movement categories for the backcourt (N = 42) and frontcourt (N = 28) players during elite male basketball games analyzed by video-based time motion analysis (mean ± SD).
| Motion Variable | Position | High intensity running with ball | High intensity running without ball | Low intensity running with ball | Low intensity running without ball | High intensity shuffle | Low intensity shuffle | Static efforts | Jump |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | backcourt | 43 ± 4 a | 92 ± 27 a | 86 ± 8 a | 348 ± 24 a | 66 ± 6 a | 77 ± 5 a | 69 ± 4 a | 41 ± 6 |
| frontcourt | 31 ± 6 | 80 ± 9 | 34 ± 9 | 193 ± 13 | 22 ± 4 | 21 ± 4 | 190 ± 6 | 79 ± 5 | |
| Duration (s) | backcourt | 101 ± 10 a | 301 ± 73 a | 320 ± 33 a | 1656 ± 63 a | 142 ± 14 a | 163 ± 16 a | 105 ± 9 a | 60 ± 6 |
| Frontcourt | 72 ± 8 | 251 ± 53 | 134 ± 8 | 840 ± 52 | 71 ± 14 | 51 ± 13 | 323 ± 29 | 114 ± 16 | |
| Distance (m) | backcourt | 715 ± 78 a | 2486 ± 235 a | 762 ± 45 a | 3981 ± 147 a | 289 ± 27 a | 271 ± 32 a | - | - |
| frontcourt | 350 ± 56 | 1420 ± 105 | 346 ± 63 | 1863 ± 120 | 115 ± 19 | 85 ± 9 | - | - |
Significant difference between positions.