Elijah BryantProfessional Basketball Player

Whoop for Basketball Players #basketball #elijahbryant #whoop

Name: Whoop for Basketball Players #basketball #elijahbryant #whoop
Uploaded: 2024-01-27T13:41:58+00:00
Duration: 1 min
Channel: Elijah Bryant
Description: In this video, Elijah Bryant explains why basketball players, especially those playing overseas, should use the Whoop wearable. He describes how Whoop…

27 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this video, Elijah Bryant explains why basketball players, especially those playing overseas, should use the Whoop wearable. He describes how Whoop tracks the body's response to stress and quantifies load during games, travel, and daily life. Bryant discusses the nuances of sleep and recovery scores, noting that a low Whoop score can occur even after feeling refreshed due to accumulated sleep debt and the need for restorative sleep. He emphasizes that while overseas players may not be able to skip games or practices, they can use Whoop data to manage extra work, prioritize non‑negotiable activities like practice and film study, and make informed decisions about workload and recovery.

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This is why you should be wearing a Whoop as a basketball player. Whoop allows you to see how your body responds to stress. So in a game, traveling, dealing with kids, it allows you to see basically what type of load your body is dealing with. Oh, I know my body from experience. I know when I'm tired, when I'm not tired. Yes and no, because there's multiple times where I get a lot of sleep with Whoop and I still wake up feeling refreshed, but my Whoop score is low. And that's because it's a lot of days of not getting enough sleep is going to make my body get a lot of restorative sleep, which means it's not fully refreshed. So what does this look like for an overseas hooper? So I'm not going to be able to go to my coach on a double week and say, hey coach, um, I can't play today because I'm in the red. But what I can do is manage my extra work. So I know that I have the non-negotiables. I have to do practice, I have to do film, I have