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training intensity distribution --- Endurance diagnostics --- Training load and responses --- High intensity training (HIT) --- polarized training --- Pyramidal training

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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.

n/a --- talent selection --- classification tree --- Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 --- NBA --- basketball --- maturation --- body composition --- fatigue --- countermovement jump --- athletic performance --- circadian rhythm --- injury --- basketball tactics --- female --- athlete --- non-linear analysis --- monitoring --- basketball performance --- performance analysis --- training load --- variability --- game-related statistics --- sleep --- youth athletes --- accelerometer --- women athletes --- fat free mass --- collegiate athletes --- workloads --- team sports --- machine learning --- microtechnology --- motor manual sequences --- elite sport --- attention --- visuo-spatial working memory --- playing position --- smallest worthwhile change --- body fat

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The current book presents the articles included in the Special Issue “Women in Sports and Exercise: From Health to Sports Performance”. Readers will find in this book evidence about the relationships between physical qualities in sports and how women's performance can be optimized using dedicated training intervention. Moreover, information about the impact of the menstrual cycle on athletic performance will be revealed. Attention to physical activity patterns in women will be also disclosed.

gender --- training load --- health surveys --- sport participation --- football --- athletic performance --- anaerobic --- aerobic --- sports training --- female athletes --- ovarian cycle --- plyometric exercises --- testing --- velocity --- sports nutrition --- continuous glucose monitoring --- carbohydrate --- protein --- hydration --- trail running --- Freestyle Libre --- breast cancer --- rowing --- exercise --- quality of life --- perceived health --- IPAQ-SF --- SF-36 --- movement quality --- physical performance --- strength --- power --- flexibility --- women --- physical activity --- racket sport --- injury --- elbow --- electromyography --- co-activation --- physical fitness --- high-intensity interval training --- high-intensity functional training --- body composition --- aerobic fitness --- muscle performance --- performance --- unilateral --- final score --- winning --- match result --- situational variables --- menstruation disturbances --- menstrual cycle --- athletes --- women’s health --- woman --- female --- sports performance --- creatine --- circadian rhythms

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This book represents the efforts of different authors to analyze and provide solid evidence that supports training regulations based on monitoring strategies. This Special Issue includes original articles with some diversity, i.e., considering that different age groups, competitive levels, expertise, and conditions were researched regarding the main topics of training load and performance monitoring, recovery, wellbeing, and illness and injury prevention. Psychophysiological aspects were considered, as were locomotor and mechanical demands and tactical responses. The myriad outcomes analyzed present the reader with an overview of the state of the art and possible new directions for future research. In this book, readers will be also able to find systematic reviews about the key topics.

Lifestyle, sport & leisure --- soccer --- training --- competition --- match --- physical responses --- physiological responses --- futsal --- performance --- heart rate variability --- training load --- general wellness --- autonomic function --- contextual variables --- non-lineal locomotion --- inertial devices --- monitoring --- sports performance --- agility --- reaction time --- CODS --- testing --- athletic performance --- cognition --- cycling --- fatigue --- running --- swimming --- ultra-endurance --- collective behaviors --- categories --- centroid --- stretch index --- team behaviour --- tactic --- dyad --- entropy --- relative phase --- HIIT --- power output --- fat reduction --- fitness --- lean body mass --- irisin --- health --- basal metabolism --- incidence --- risk factors --- team sport --- anthropometry --- BIA --- body composition --- football --- predictive equation --- simulated match-play --- leg stiffness --- reactive strength --- EMG --- isokinetic --- functional movement screen --- injury prevention --- core strength --- stability training --- students --- longitudinal study --- match running performance --- professional soccer leagues --- external load --- drill-based games --- interval training --- repeated sprint --- spinal cord injury --- para-athletes --- muscle strength --- disabled persons --- women --- team sports --- elite --- injury

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This book represents the efforts of different authors to analyze and provide solid evidence that supports training regulations based on monitoring strategies. This Special Issue includes original articles with some diversity, i.e., considering that different age groups, competitive levels, expertise, and conditions were researched regarding the main topics of training load and performance monitoring, recovery, wellbeing, and illness and injury prevention. Psychophysiological aspects were considered, as were locomotor and mechanical demands and tactical responses. The myriad outcomes analyzed present the reader with an overview of the state of the art and possible new directions for future research. In this book, readers will be also able to find systematic reviews about the key topics.

Lifestyle, sport & leisure --- soccer --- training --- competition --- match --- physical responses --- physiological responses --- futsal --- performance --- heart rate variability --- training load --- general wellness --- autonomic function --- contextual variables --- non-lineal locomotion --- inertial devices --- monitoring --- sports performance --- agility --- reaction time --- CODS --- testing --- athletic performance --- cognition --- cycling --- fatigue --- running --- swimming --- ultra-endurance --- collective behaviors --- categories --- centroid --- stretch index --- team behaviour --- tactic --- dyad --- entropy --- relative phase --- HIIT --- power output --- fat reduction --- fitness --- lean body mass --- irisin --- health --- basal metabolism --- incidence --- risk factors --- team sport --- anthropometry --- BIA --- body composition --- football --- predictive equation --- simulated match-play --- leg stiffness --- reactive strength --- EMG --- isokinetic --- functional movement screen --- injury prevention --- core strength --- stability training --- students --- longitudinal study --- match running performance --- professional soccer leagues --- external load --- drill-based games --- interval training --- repeated sprint --- spinal cord injury --- para-athletes --- muscle strength --- disabled persons --- women --- team sports --- elite --- injury --- soccer --- training --- competition --- match --- physical responses --- physiological responses --- futsal --- performance --- heart rate variability --- training load --- general wellness --- autonomic function --- contextual variables --- non-lineal locomotion --- inertial devices --- monitoring --- sports performance --- agility --- reaction time --- CODS --- testing --- athletic performance --- cognition --- cycling --- fatigue --- running --- swimming --- ultra-endurance --- collective behaviors --- categories --- centroid --- stretch index --- team behaviour --- tactic --- dyad --- entropy --- relative phase --- HIIT --- power output --- fat reduction --- fitness --- lean body mass --- irisin --- health --- basal metabolism --- incidence --- risk factors --- team sport --- anthropometry --- BIA --- body composition --- football --- predictive equation --- simulated match-play --- leg stiffness --- reactive strength --- EMG --- isokinetic --- functional movement screen --- injury prevention --- core strength --- stability training --- students --- longitudinal study --- match running performance --- professional soccer leagues --- external load --- drill-based games --- interval training --- repeated sprint --- spinal cord injury --- para-athletes --- muscle strength --- disabled persons --- women --- team sports --- elite --- injury