"back to back" comes from the English word "back"
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The meaning of "literal translation, twice in a row. Broadly speaking, teams that fight for two days in a row are back-to-back games. Speaking of "back-to-back" in NBA games, it generally refers to the team's away game for two consecutive days.
Generally speaking, "back-to-back" means that teams play away games for two consecutive days, and they are in different cities! This competition system is a great test of the team's physical fitness and strength!
In order to make the competition more compact and exciting, CBA also cited this competition system.
Back to back, for the team, is synonymous with thorns everywhere; For players, there is no doubt that they are facing sinister challenges. There are more than 400 players in the NBA of Nuoda University. Their emotions are different, but what is certain is that no player will like to play back-to-back games, let alone back-to-back games away from home. This is not a test of victory or defeat, but just a test of luck.
[What is "back to back"? 〗
Literally, the original text is "back to back", which is continuous combat in professional league terms. The word "back to back" has great freedom, and different occasions have different pertinence. The narrow sense of "back-to-back" refers to playing against different opponents in different away games for two consecutive nights, and the broad sense of "back-to-back" can be interpreted as playing against different opponents in different venues for two consecutive nights.
Regardless of the narrow sense and broad sense, the most critical essence of literal understanding of "back to back" lies in "continuity". In order to illustrate the narrow sense of "back-to-back", we can think that Team A came to the home of Team B in 65438+February, flew to the city where Team C was located immediately after the game, and played at the home of Team C in the evening of 65438+February. If the explanation is translated into a broad sense, it can be thought that Team A will fly back to its own city immediately after finishing the away game on the evening of 65438+February 1 and play against Team D at its home on the evening of 65438+February 2.
As an important competitive sport, the physical factors of basketball play an important role in winning or losing the game. Although no one can say that physical strength is everything to win, even the first-class teams, once caught in the physical trap, will easily lose their fighting capacity, let alone the middle-class teams or weak teams. "Back-to-back", a terrible term, is just torturing players' physical strength and even their psychological endurance.
[endless hell]
Most developed countries have developed nightlife, and night entertainment is an important part of nightlife. As the first commercial basketball league in the world, NBA "basketball" is only a tool of "commerce", and economic benefit is the ultimate goal of league operators. It is not difficult to explain that the time of NBA games is mostly in the evening, which can drive fans to watch the ball at the stadium after dinner. In addition to tickets, it can also form huge related consumption, such as TV broadcasting rights, bars, souvenir shops, restaurants and other related industrial economic development.
The starting point of huge income is that players try to attract fans to watch the ball on the court, but the job of players is not only to play ball, but also to deal with the media. So, after two and a half hours of fierce fighting one night, the team members returned to the locker room to take a bath, then gathered at the press conference and experienced 45 minutes of hard pursuit by media reporters. Then the visiting team members take the team bus back to their hotel, often at 2 am or even 3 am. At this moment, the players may not rest immediately. They have consumed a lot of energy just now and need to supplement their food. Some hungry players rushed to the restaurant to comfort their stomachs, while others who were equally hungry succumbed to the "sandman" and went back to their rooms to eat snacks and go to bed as soon as possible. Of course, the quality of sleep after a hot bath will be higher, so when the players really snore, the clock often points to 4 or 5 in the morning.
The above process, which every NBA player has experienced, is not the most terrible. If the game goes into overtime, or two or three overtime, the visiting team players will go back to the hotel room to sleep even at dawn.
On any occasion, the visiting team players are more prone to fatigue than the home team players: the visiting team arrives in the city 1 day before the start of the game, and the fatigue of the visiting team players will increase rapidly due to the fatigue of pommel horse and the differences in climate, pressure, temperature and humidity. It goes without saying that players who can play in professional leagues are in good health. Even so, when these towers come to a strange city, after almost half a night's tossing, they will still be weak and lack of sleep. But this is only the beginning, and the "essence" part of the so-called "back-to-back" dinner has not yet been served on the table. After the fierce fighting and press conference the night before, the players couldn't sleep for hours when they returned to the guest room in the early hours of the morning. The head coach or the official in charge of the schedule will tell every tired player: "Please meet downstairs at 8: 00 (or 9: 00, or 10) tomorrow morning."
A group of sleepy players are carrying bulging luggage, and a group of equally sober coaches are standing in the hotel lobby with a sullen face and looking around. 15 minutes later, the bus came to the hotel, loaded the players and coaches into the car and drove to the next destination.
What's the next destination? It depends on where the next away game is. If it is a neighboring city, maybe the bus will drive on the expressway for a few hours, and then go directly to the hotel in the next city. This situation is acceptable for visiting team players, because everyone can sleep in the car for at least a few hours without being disturbed. Unless the head coach is in a bad mood because he lost the game the night before, the players can put on headphones and fall asleep. What opened their eyes was another hotel. A few hours' rest during this period can provide objective conditions for the players to recover their physical strength. Even if the journey will be bumpy, most players will practice the hard work of sleeping in the car, which is quite Zen. Novices often wonder why veterans can snore in the car, but they can't. In fact, the old players are not only more experienced than the rookie on the court, but also in dealing with the "schedule". They know how to squeeze out a little time to rest and adjust, so as to ensure that their physical condition can be adjusted to a better level.
The above may be that the distance between the two away cities is relatively short the night before and the night after, so players can take time off to catch up on sleep. If the city is far away, players have no chance to breathe. Take a bus to the airport in the morning, get off and board the plane after sleeping for less than 45 minutes, and sleep on the plane for 1 to 2 hours. After arriving at the destination, the contestants leave the airport and board the bus for the hotel. During the period, I frequently changed transportation and cut my sleep time into pieces. At the second hotel far away from the city, it is often afternoon or even evening. Have a rest, eat immediately, and then continue to take the bus to the second away game. Before the game, the players whose bones are almost scattered have to listen to the morale mobilization of the head coach, then get familiar with the venue for a short warm-up before the game, followed by two and a half hours of fierce fighting, attend the press conference and return to the hotel at midnight. At present, players who have the strength to eat out can only be described as "Iron Man". Most players take a quick bath, fall into bed and go to bed immediately.
The above description belongs to the second away trip starting the next day. Because there are differences in different time zones in the United States, if the end time of the first day of the game is not too late, the time zone where the next back-to-back game is located can "steal" more breathing space through the itinerary, and most coaches will choose to rush to the next destination overnight, and then cancel the training course the next morning, so that players can get enough rest.
Terrible, isn't it? But this is the true portrayal of continuous night away: despite fatigue, the dignity of professional players is doomed that they will not easily give up their desire to win because of physical fatigue. All teams regard the "back-to-back" victory of the second away game as the highest honor, and the team that can keep playing stably in the second away game should be fully affirmed not only because the players are good at adjusting their competitive state, but also because of their comprehensive cohesion, perseverance and physical fitness.
[Policies and countermeasures]
The biggest feature of people is that when faced with an unchangeable situation, they will find ways to adjust themselves to the situation. The so-called "there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom" is the last word that is universally applicable.
Physical strength is an important factor in winning or losing the basketball court, and "back-to-back" torments the players' physical strength. The management concept of NBA for many years has helped professional leagues to establish a set of policies and strategies to deal with different situations, such as the handling of "back-to-back" games, and there are various ways to deal with them. Although the unfavorable situation cannot be completely recovered, the coaches still try their best to stifle the unfavorable factors to a minimum.
Dispatching troops in the last game will be a knowledge, and many head coaches will temporarily allocate players' playing time according to the specific situation: if the lead is obvious, the main players will often leave the bench early to rest, so that the substitute players can maintain their lead to the end; Similarly, if the disadvantage is too great to recover, the head coach will not hesitate to replace the main players and take an early rest, preferring to give up one game in exchange for the physical fitness of the second main players.
Even during the game, the frequency of the main players' appearance is strictly controlled. The coach will not let the main players overdraw for a long time, and even change the main players when the score is even, until the key stage of the fourth quarter sends the main players to complete the final impact.
It is not difficult to see that the coaches saved every bit of physical strength for the next night's game, but this is not an absolute theory. If the opponent on the first night belongs to an absolutely equal opponent, and the opponent on the second night is too strong to win, the coach will spare no effort to dispatch the main player and strive to capture the first breakeven. As for the game that has no chance of winning the next night, let's play it by ear.
Specific analysis, this is the best policy in the face of back-to-back games, and there is no possibility that everything will be fine without a set of strategies. However, the best a coach can do is to adjust the players' physical strength. As for the psychological endurance of continuous operations, it can only be supported by idealistic things such as morale, cohesion and indomitable spirit.
Physical fatigue is not difficult to overcome, and the collapse of psychological endurance is the reason why most teams often lose control in the second game. Just after playing a game, I rushed to the second game under extreme fatigue. Lack of sleep time, frequent change of transportation, so that the team members' brain nerves are not enough to restore to the best state. Especially the game scene of the night before is still lingering in my mind, and I will immediately listen to the head coach's chatter about the tactical points of the second game. Some players with insufficient psychological endurance may even feel that time and space are reversed, and the two tactics will be confused in their minds, and the best execution effect cannot be achieved.
The human brain is different from a perpetual motion machine. The brain needs enough rest to restore its peak memory level, analytical thinking and reaction speed. Unfortunately, the continuous operation of "back-to-back" just challenges the limit of the brain, so the players on the next night tend to be inattentive and slow to respond. Faced with this embarrassing situation, the head coach can only shake his head and sigh. By the way, every time he paused, he shouted slogans such as "No one can save us except ourselves", hoping to help the players cheer up and go all out.
Trainers also play an important role in dealing with "back to back". Usually, the training plan specially made by the trainer will take effect within 24 hours before the first game of "back to back". This special training plan includes details such as the training amount, training time and training intensity of each player. Some players reduce the amount of training to maintain their physical strength, while others will increase the amount of training because it will be the magic weapon for the first charge.
It's like a massive record. The coaching staff seems to be working like a frontline command, with multiple sets of plans in hand to deal with different emergencies. At this moment, the test is not only the endurance of the players, but also the working ability of the coaching staff. When it comes to the coaching staff, it's a bit off topic: why does every head coach take the coaching staff to change blood when he takes office? In order to make the coaching staff form the strongest working effect, coaches often change into their own staff, and more tacit cooperation often does not show advantages when things are smooth. Once faced with severe challenges, a handy coaching staff is as important as adding an all-star player to the coach. "Back-to-back" is one of the most common challenges for the team.
The stadium changes quickly, but it will never change its original religion. "Back-to-back" is a common "variable" in the stadium. All teams have unique methods to deal with back-to-back. From psychological adjustment to physical adjustment, every step is like a part of a huge machine. Why can the legendary "super power" win in a row? Strength is a factor, and more importantly, both players and coaches know how to overcome "back-to-back" and resolve the disadvantage to a level close to zero. Who said "back-to-back" test players? The real test is the head coach and coaching staff. Their strategizing didn't win applause from the stands, but it permeated every minute of 48 minutes and finally turned into a hard-won victory.