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Table 7 Distance covered (m) for various activities during basketball games in female basketball players according to playing level and playing position

From: External and Internal Load Variables Encountered During Training and Games in Female Basketball Players According to Playing Level and Playing Position: A Systematic Review

Study

Playing level

Sample

Activity category

Total

Stand/walk

Jog

Run

Sprint

Low shuffle

High shuffle

Dribble

Absolute (m)

Relative (m·min−1)

Oba and Okudaa [57]

High-school

All players

5587 ± 171

93 ± 3

Collegiate

All players

5576 ± 202

100 ± 4

Professional

All players

6177 ± 264

94 ± 4

Portes et al.b [34]

Representative

All players

14 ± 24

2513 ± 1300

BC

13 ± 22

2175 ± 1227

FC

16 ± 26

2802 ± 1300

Reina et al.a [33]

Representative

All players

401/616

504 ± NP

492 ± NP

224 ± NP

2238 ± NP

117 ± NP

BC

326/495

425 ± NP

395 ± NP

174 ± NP

1816 ± NP

115 ± NP

FC

439/676

543 ± NP

541 ± NP

249 ± NP

2449 ± NP

118 ± NP

Scanlan et al.b [32]

Semi-professional

All players

456 ± 20

1517 ± 93

1850 ± 13

925 ± 184

70 ± 19

55 ± 14

342 ± 44

5125 ± 314

130 ± 8

BC

410 ± 9c

1558 ± 80

1744 ± 52c

857 ± 163

75 ± 14

61 ± 8

738 ± 64c

5443 ± 238

136 ± 6

FC

485 ± 27

1491 ± 89

1924 ± 26

970 ± 226

68 ± 34

51 ± 22

76 ± 41

5064 ± 348

127 ± 9

All players

7039 ± 446b

BC

7371 ± 391b

FC

6817 ± 487b

  1. Definitions for the activity categories reported are described in Table 2. Endash (–) Not collected, BC Backcourt (point guards and shooting guards), FC Frontcourt (power forwards, small forwards, and centers), / Standing and walking data were separately provided without standard deviations rather than grouped together, NP Not provided, aValues reported according to total time (see Table 3), bValues reported according to live time (see Table 3), cSignificantly (p < 0.05) different from FC