Table 3 Definitions of methods for measuring training or game duration

Training

   Start to the end of training inclusive of warm-up/down

[40, 46, 41, 47]

   Start to the end of training excluding stretching exercises

[48]

   Start to the end of training excluding warm-up only

[45]

   Start to the end of training excluding warm-down only

[49]

   Did not report how training duration was determined

[35, 50, 51, 38, 44, 50,51,52,53,54]

Games

 Live time

   All instances when the clock was running

[34]

   All moments when the clock was running and players were on the court, inclusive of short moments in which the clock was stopped but the ball was live, and players were active during in-bound passes

[29,30,31,32]

   When the player was actively participating in the game and the timer was running

[55]

   Time on the court, excluding time-outs

[56]

Total time

   Game time excluding half-time and quarter breaks as well as time-outs

[57]

   All instances that a player was on the court, including stoppages in play, but excluding inter-quarter breaks and time during which the player was substituted out of the game

[32, 58, 37, 33]

   Game time including all stoppages except time-outs, quarter-time breaks and half-time breaks

[35, 36]

   Game time including all stoppages, time-outs, and inter-quarter breaks

[59, 41]

   Game time excluding the warm-up but including rest periods

[48]

   Game time including all stoppages except quarter and half-time breaks

[43]

   Did not report how game duration was determined

[60]