Analysis of Competitiveness in the NBA Regular Seasons by Yves de Saá Guerra, Juan Manuel Martín González, Nieves Arjonilla López, Samuel Sarmiento Montesdeoca, David Rodríguez Ruiz, Juan Manuel García Manso

“…We studied 17 NBA regular seasons, which showed a fairly steady entropic tendency. …”
Get full text

Training and match demands differ between the regular season and finals in semi-professional basketball by Jodie A. Palmer, Rodrigo Bini, Daniel Wundersitz, Michael Kingsley, Michael Kingsley

“…Basketball competitions often include a scheduled regular season followed by knock-out finals. Understanding training and match demands through the season can help optimize performance and reduce injury risk. …”
Get full text

Effects of 1 vs. 2 sessions per week of equal-volume sprint training on explosive, high-intensity and endurance-intensive performances in young soccer players by Hamza Marzouki, Ibrahim Ouergui, Nidhal Doua, Nebil Gmada, Anissa Bouassida, Ezdine Bouhlel

Subjects: Get full text

Analysis of the Injuries of Korean Professional Baseball Players during the Regular Season: A Pilot Study by Mun-Ku Song, Il-Woo Jeon, Hyun-Sik Kang

Get full text

Time series forecasting with the CIR# model: from hectic markets sentiments to regular seasonal tourism by Giuseppe Orlando, Michele Bufalo

Get full text

Injury characteristics in Norwegian male professional football: A comparison between a regular season and a season in the pandemic by Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen, Thor Einar Andersen, Christian Thorbjørnsen, Michael Brown, David Tovi, Anders Braastad, Tom Gerald Lindinger, Christian Williams, Eirik Moen, Benjamin Clarsen, Benjamin Clarsen, John Bjørneboe, John Bjørneboe

Get full text

Relationship between physical fitness and game-related statistics in elite professional basketball players: Regular season vs. playoffs by João Henrique Gomes, Renata Rebello Mendes, Marcos Bezerra de Almeida, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti, Gerson dos Santos Leite, Aylton José Ferreira Júnior

“…METHODS Eleven male basketball players were evaluated during 10 weeks in two distinct moments (regular season and playoffs). Overall, 11 variables of physical fitness and 13 variables of game-related statistics were analysed. …”
Get full text

Erratum: Relationship between physical fitness and game-related statistics in elite professional basketball players: Regular season vs. playoffs

Get full text

Local Positioning System-Derived External Load of Female and Male Varsity Ice Hockey Players During Regular Season Games by Alexander S. D. Gamble, Alexander S. D. Gamble, Jessica L. Bigg, Danielle L. E. Nyman, Danielle L. E. Nyman, Lawrence L. Spriet

“…PurposeThe purposes of this study were to quantify the external load for female and male varsity ice hockey players during regular season games using a local positioning system (LPS), compare LPS-derived external load between sexes and positions, and compare skating distances in absolute and relative speed zones.MethodsData were collected for 21 female (7 defense, 14 forwards; 20.0 ± 1.4 yrs., 69.1 ± 6.7 kg, 167.1 ± 5.4 cm) and 25 male (8 defense, 17 forwards; 21.9 ± 1.1 yrs., 85.9 ± 5.4 kg, 181.1 ± 5.2 cm) varsity ice hockey players. …”
Get full text

Changes in body composition of high competition rugby players during the phases of a regular season: influence of diet and exercise load by M. García, J. M. Martínez-Moreno, A. Reyes-Ortiz, L. Suárez Moreno-Arrones, A. García A., M. Garcíacaballero

Get full text

Does rest breed rust? An examination of DNP-Rest decisions and performance in the National Basketball Association regular and post-season by Sean Pradhan, Sean Pradhan, Travis J. Miller

“…Within the National Basketball Association (NBA), players and teams maintain that having healthy players sit out some games during the regular season may help them be more productive during the post-season. …”
Get full text

Bodychecking rules and concussion in elite hockey. by Laura Donaldson, Mark Asbridge, Michael D Cusimano

“…Concussion incidence over the 3 seasons analyzed was 5.23 per 100 NHL regular season games and 5.05 per 100 OHL regular season games (IRR 1.04; 95% CI 1.01, 1.50). …”
Get full text

When Does Losing Lead to Winning? An Empirical Investigation on the Korean Professional Basketball League by Sang Hyun Lee, JeongJun Moon, Philsoo Kim

“…Furthermore, we segregated the sample into the early phase of the regular season (1st and 2nd round) and mid to final phase of the regular season (3rd to 6th round). …”
Get full text

Injury Incidence, Outcomes, and Return to Competition Times after Sports-Related Concussions during One Professional Ice Hockey Season: A Prospective Cohort Study by Dominik Höllerer, Peter Kaiser, Armin Runer, Ekkehard Steiner, Christian Koidl, Rohit Arora, Friedemann Schneider

“…Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the incidence and characteristics of sports-related concussions (SRCs) for a professional ice hockey team during one regular season in the International Central European Hockey League. …”
Get full text

Utilizing the National Basketball Association’s COVID-19 restart “bubble” to uncover the impact of travel and circadian disruption on athletic performance by Andrew W. McHill, Evan D. Chinoy

“…We show here that in the pre-COVID-19 regular season, traveling across time zones reduces winning percentage, team shooting accuracy, and turnover percentage, whereas traveling in general reduces offensive rebounding and increases the number of points the opposing (home) team scores. …”
Get full text

Game statistics that discriminate winning and losing at the NBA level of basketball competition. by Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Michael A Deane, Andrew C Fry, Grant T Jones, Damjana V Cabarkapa, Nicolas M Philipp, Daniel Yu

“…The total number of games examined in the present investigation was 3933 (3690 regular season and 243 post-season games). Despite small to moderate effect sizes, the findings suggest that NBA teams' style of play (i.e., tactical strategies) changes when transitioning from the regular to post-season competitive period. …”
Get full text

Ankle and Lower Leg Injuries in Professional Baseball Players by Christopher Lucasti BS, Myles Dworkin BS, William Warrender MD, David Pedowitz MD, Brian Winters MD, Michael Ciccotti MD

“…Of the 4,756 injuries recorded, 550 (11.6%) took place during the Major League regular season and 3,320 (69.8%) took place during the Minor League regular season. …”
Get full text

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on match performances in the National Basketball Association by Peng Lu, Shaoliang Zhang, Jie Ding, Xing Wang, Miguel Angel Gomez

“…The sample consisted of 1,549 basketball matches including 971 games of the 2019–2020 regular season before the COVID-19 lockdown and 578 ghost matches of the 2020–2021 regular season after the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
Get full text

Effects of Playing Position and Contextual Factors on Internal Match Loads, Post-Match Recovery and Well-Being Responses of Elite Male Water Polo Players by Andrea Perazzetti, Milivoj Dopsaj, Pierpaolo Sansone, Mauro Mandorino, Antonio Tessitore

“…The session-RPE (s-RPE), Perceived Recovery Scale (PRS) and Hooper Index (HI) of 17 male elite water polo players were monitored during all matches (regular season and play-out) of the 2021/22 Italian Serie A1 championship. …”
Get full text

Functional Return to Play after Surgical Treatment of Lower-Extremity Injuries using Global Positioning System Profiles in Elite College Football Players by Norman Waldrop MD, Lyle Cain MD, Benton Emblom MD, Michael Ryan MD

“…Conclusion: Modern GPS technology employed during preseason, regular season and post-season establishes an individualized, baseline, profile of lower-extremity function which allows for postoperative comparison and prospective assessment of safe return to play in elite football players.…”
Get full text