简介：Background:Novelplayertrackingtechnologiescanchangetheunderstandingofperformancedeterminantsinteamsportsbyallowingtoaccuratelymeasuringtheactivitydemands.Theaimofthisstudywastoidentifyhowthedefensivepressureaffectsthetime-motionvariablesandthetechnicalactionsinbasketball.Methods:Twentyinternationalmaleplayers(age:16.05±2.09years,weight:73.13±8.10kg,height:183.10±5.88cm)playedtwo10minbasketballquarters,wheretheyusedaman-to-man1/4-courtdefenseuntilthe4thmin(F1/4),changedtoman-to-manfullcourt(FULL)for3minand,fromthe7thtothe10thminreturnedto1/4-courtdefense(S1/4).AcomputerizednotationalanalysiswasperformedusingSimiScoutandpositionaldatawerecapturedwiththeUbisenseRealTimeLocationSystem(meansamplingrate3.74±0.45Hzpertransmitter/player).Results:Thetime-motionvariablespresentedsimilarresultsbetweendefensiveconditions,showingatotaldistancecoveredaround90m/min.However,resultssuggestedpossibleverticaljumpimpairmentsinS1/4periods.Therewasmoredistancecoveredwhilejoggingintheoffensivecourt(38.15±12.17m/minoffensivecourtvs.32.94±10.84m/mindefensivecourt,p<0.05)andmoredistancecoveredwhilerunninginthedefensivecourt(16.41±10.27m/minoffensivecourtvs.19.56±10.29m/mindefensivecourt,p<0.05).Conclusion:Theseresultssuggesthowtoimprovetaskrepresentativenessduringspecificconditioningorgame-basedtrainingsituationsandalsotohelpcoaches’strategicdecisionsduringthegames.