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they made a study with an NBA team where players used to get about 5 hours of sleep (lots of traveling) and they when to sleep about 7-8 hours and their metrics

by lazyant 11y ago

they made a study with an NBA team where players used to get about 5 hours of sleep (lots of traveling) and they when to sleep about 7-8 hours and their metrics (free shooting etc) improved quite a bit

pd1 11y ago
Source? That sounds intersting
- lazyant 11y ago
  found it, it was Collegiate basketball (Cardinals) not NBA: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119836/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119836/
  - pd1 11y ago
    Still the same concept, although I'd guess the NBA players would have less variance in performance. Thanks!