TY - BOOK AU - Scanlan, Aaron AU - Dalbo, Vincent AB - Despite being one of the most popular sports worldwide, basketball has received limited research attention compared to other team sports. Establishing a strong evidence base with high-quality and impactful research is essential in enhancing decision-making processes to optimize player performance for basketball professionals. Consequently, the book entitled Improving Performance and Practice in Basketball provides a collection of novel research studies to increase the available evidence on various topics with strong translation to practice in basketball. The book includes work by 40 researchers from 16 institutions or professional organizations from 9 countries. In keeping with notable topics in basketball research, the book contains 2 reviews focused on monitoring strategies to detect player fatigue and considerations for travel in National Basketball Association players. In addition, 8 applied studies are also included in the book, focused on workload monitoring, game-related statistics, and the measurement of physical and skill attributes in basketball players. This book also has a strong focus on increasing the evidence available for female basketball players, who have traditionally been under-represented in the literature. The outcomes generated from this book should provide new insights to inform practice in many areas for professionals working in various roles with basketball teams. DO - 10.3390/books978-3-03921-695-6 ID - OAPEN ID: 42643 KW - n/a KW - talent selection KW - classification tree KW - Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 KW - NBA KW - basketball KW - maturation KW - body composition KW - fatigue KW - countermovement jump KW - athletic performance KW - circadian rhythm KW - injury KW - basketball tactics KW - female KW - athlete KW - non-linear analysis KW - monitoring KW - basketball performance KW - performance analysis KW - training load KW - variability KW - game-related statistics KW - sleep KW - youth athletes KW - accelerometer KW - women athletes KW - fat free mass KW - collegiate athletes KW - workloads KW - team sports KW - machine learning KW - microtechnology KW - motor manual sequences KW - elite sport KW - attention KW - visuo-spatial working memory KW - playing position KW - smallest worthwhile change KW - body fat L1 - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1799 LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50067 PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute PY - 2019 SN - 9783039216956 SN - 9783039216949 TI - Improving Practice and Performance in Basketballnull ER -