COMPARISON OF GPS DATA OBTAINED FROM DIFFERENT SMALL-SIDED GAMES APPLIED IN BASKETBALL

Abstract

This research was carried out to compare the internal load and external load parameters obtained from the 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 half-court small-side games applied in basketball. 10 athletes who actively playing basketball [(20.40±0.843 (years), height 186±10.275 (cm), body weight 76.90±8.319 (kg), sports age 9.90±2.601 (years)] included in the study group. The research was planned in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (2013) and was carried out with the approval of Gazi University Ethics Commission. The study group played a small-side games in 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 formats with the same warm-up protocol on different days. During small-side game played for internal load; Maximum Heart Rate (HRmax), Average Heart Rate (HRavg), and for external load; Player Load (PL), Total Distance (TD), Maximum Velocity and Average Acceleration data were taken from the athletes. The data were analysed using the SPSS 22.0 (IBM) package program. One-Way Anova analysis was used in the analysis of the data and LSD Post-Hoc analysis was performed to determine the difference between the data. When the data were analysed, no statistically significant difference was found between the 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 formats among the variables (p>0,05). As a result, when evaluated on average values, in 3x3 format to get more overall distance, player load and average acceleration parameters, in 4x4 format for higher average heart rate and maximum heart rate parameters. Finally, when it is desired to obtain more maximum acceleration data, 5x5 format matches and half-court small-side games can be included in the training.