Effect of motor tasks on the physiological and emotional behavior of semi-professional basketball players

Basketball is a team sport, in which multiple variables affect the performance of the players. Both in competitive matches and in training, players must be tested to give the best of themselves. The intention of the study was to analyse the cardiac effects and emotional effects produced by the different motor action domains (psychomotor, opposition, cooperation and cooperation-opposition tasks) on the players of a senior basketball team. The study was carried out with 10 players of a basketball team. Twenty-two motor tasks from different motor action domains were used. For each task, the average heart rate and the percentage of the maximum theoretical heart rate of the tasks (physiological variables) were analysed using the "Polar Accurex Plus" and the emotional intensity using the Games and Emotion Scale, GES (Emotional Variable). The results confirm that each task family triggers unequal physiological and emotional behaviours. This finding provides scientific criteria for the selection of motor tasks in training and helps to better understand the physiological and emotional effects of basketball.