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. 2020 Dec 22;38(3):483–490. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2021.101124

TABLE 4.

Short-term and high-intensities actions encountered by basketball players during games-based drills according to the to the defensive style and final game outcome.

External load responses Defensive style Winning Losing F df p
Low accelerations (m·min-1) MMD 5.04 ± 1.40 4.52 ± 2.73 0.376 1 0.179
ZD 5.18 ± 3.74 3.82 ± 2.01
High accelerations (m·min-1) MMD 1.93 ± 0.79 1.54 ± 0.91 0.267 1 0.608
ZD 1.49 ± 0.83 1.32 ± 0.71
Low decelerations (m·min-1) MMD 4.82 ± 1.11 4.01 ± 2.46 0.087 1 0.770
ZD 4.41 ± 2.55 3.94 ± 2.11
High decelerations (m·min-1) MMD 1.80 ± 0.68 2.19 ± 1.11 4.388 1 0.041*
ZD 2.04 ± 0.79 1.47 ± 0.66
Player load (AU· min-1) MMD 1.41 ± 0.31 1.33 ± 0.32 0.665 1 0.418
ZD 1.42 ± 0.37 1.22 ± 0.32
Steps (n·min-1) MMD 52.58 ± 12.67 47.44 ± 12.12 0.010 1 0.191
ZD 49.73 ± 15.78 43.94 ± 14.87
Jumps (n·min-1) MMD 3.42 ± 1.96 4.16 ± 2.40 4.528 1 0.037*
ZD 4.58 ± 2.11 3.15 ± 2.20

MMD: man-to-man defense; ZD: zone defense; df: degrees of freedom; AU: arbitrary units; p: level of significance.

*

Significant differences at p < 0.05.