Introduction:

very few works offer a practical solution to understand the nutritional requirements of current basketball. This work offers a theoretical-practical proposal.

Objectives:

to analyze the fatigue produced during a basketball game and offer a practical solution to accelerate recovery through nutrition.

Methods:

a search of the PubMed bibliographic database for reviews from the last 15 years and original articles from the last 5 years on basketball.

Results:

type of nutrient and food supplements are essential for a quicker recovery, in addition to their timing and dose.

Conclusions:

nutrition before, during and after a game or a high-intensity training session plays a fundamental role in the recovery of the basketball player.

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