A Narrative Review of the Most Demanding Scenarios in Basketball: Current Trends and Future Directions

Since the analysis of most demanding scenarios (MDS) in basketball has improved the practical knowledge about match demands and possible impacts for the training process, it seems important to summarize the scientific evidence providing useful information and future directions related to MDS. Specifically, basketball coaching and strength and conditioning staffs. This review assesses the results reflected in the available literature about the MDS in basketball, synthesizing and discussing data from 12 scientific papers, and then providing relevant insights about terminology, sex and sample size, competition category, workload variables recorded, technology used, method of calculation, time windows analyzed, and activities evaluated related to MDS. Therefore, the present narrative review would be of utility for coaches, scientists, athletes and strength and conditioning trainers exploring the current trends and future directions related to MDS in basketball.