TABLE 2.

General goals and specific training contents across the structured microcyle in basketball

Session	Goals	Contents
MD-4	General goal	To develop basketball players’ basic skills
	Coadjuvant training	Structural
	Optimizing training	Individual skills, small sided matches and modified 5-on-5 drills
MD-3	General goal	To accumulate the highest weekly basketball-specific load and optimise the team’s playing model
	Coadjuvant training	Specific qualities
	Optimizing training	Simulated 5-on-5 competition
MD-2	General goal	To develop specific speed in basketball
	Coadjuvant training	Group preventive
	Optimizing training	Half-court 5-on-5 plus 1 or 2 waves
MD-1	General goal	To prepare players tactically for the next match
	Coadjuvant training	Individual preventive
	Optimizing training	Moderate-intensity drills and half-court 5-on-5
MD	General goal	To physically and mentally activate players
	Coadjuvant training	Individual preventive
	Optimizing training	Walk-through 5-on-5 and positional shooting drills

Note: MD-4 is match day minus four; MD-3 is match day minus three; MD-2 is match day minus two; MD-1 is match day minus one; MD is match day (light-load non-monitored training session on the morning).