Periodization: Finalization of the Training Units and of the Load’s Entity

Abstract

The article investigates the finalization of the training units in the light of current knowledge and modern trends in periodization of the training process in team sports. The aim to achieve, in the case of basketball periodization, is as follows: absolute consistency between training activity and increased performance during the competition period. The theoretical argumentative method is used to summarize the meaning and overall aspects of the finalization of the training units and of the load’s entity through a linear bibliographic review of the specific literature. The factors that determine the training unit structure, how it is divided into a preparatory phase, a main phase and a final phase, and, of these phases, the contents and functions are described. The present study analyses some aspects of annual training periodization in team sports games, in particular in basketball, providing some information on the types of training and competitive workload in the training units. Then, it is illustrated how the training units can be classified according to their methodological finalization (selective and complex finalization), also proposing some practical examples of programs of training units with complex finalization during the preparatory period and the competition period for basketball teams’ advanced athletes. And finally, we shall talk about the influence that the load’s entity can exert on the body of an athlete.