Subjective mental fatigue ratings are not associated with basketball game-related statistics during official semiprofessional male games
Sansone, Pierpaolo, Fortes, Leonardo de Sousa, Polverari, Damiano, Leicht, Anthony, and Gomez-Ruano, Miguel Angel (2025) Subjective mental fatigue ratings are not associated with basketball game-related statistics during official semiprofessional male games. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. 1644762.
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Abstract
Introduction: Mental fatigue (MF) has been shown to affect several domains of team sports performance, including physical, technical, and perceptual-cognitive aspects. This study examined whether subjective ratings of mental fatigue (MF) are associated with technical-tactical performance in adult male basketball official games. Methods: Fourteen semiprofessional players (age: 22.1 ± 3.8 years) were monitored across 15 in-season weeks, encompassing 17 official games. The day before the game, players reported their level of MF using 100-mm visual analog scales. Technical-tactical performance during games was assessed by retrieving game-related statistics (GRS) (points; 2-point shots (2P) made; 2P missed; 2P percentage (2P%); 3-point (3P) shots made; 3P shots missed; 3P shot percentage (3P%); free-throws (1P) made; 1P missed; 1P percentage (1P%); offensive rebounds; defensive rebounds; assists; steals; turnovers; blocks; blocks against; fouls committed; fouls drawn; and Performance Index Rating). To control for games with different paces, games were coded as faster or slower according to the number of ball possessions. Separate linear mixed models evaluated the effects of variations in MF (z-scores) on GRS. Results: MF did not influence any GRS (all p > 0.05), while 3P misses were higher in faster games compared to slower (p = 0.049). Conclusions: Subjective ratings of MF are not associated with technical-tactical performance in male semiprofessional basketball. Current findings indicate that male semiprofessional basketball players are able to maintain technical-tactical performances despite the presence of MF.
| Item ID: | 88748 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Keywords: | athlete monitoring, athlete-reported outcome measures, cognitive, fatigue, sport psychology, team sports, technical-tactical performance |
| Copyright Information: | ©2025 Sansone, Fortes, Polverari, Leicht and Gomez-Ruano. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative CommonsAttribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2026 06:13 |
| FoR Codes: | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520107 Sport and exercise psychology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1306 Sport, exercise and recreation > 130602 Organised sports @ 100% |
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