Consuming foods and fluids can immensely affect the ability of a basketball player, training, playing and recover well, since food provides nutrients for growth, fuel to exercising muscles, immune system and cognition1. Again, daily food intake will help develop the ability to store glycogen in the muscles, and maximize the growth and development of the players and prepare them to perform at their best on game day.
A basketball players should endeavor to eat five to seven times throughout the day, since the sport is strenuous and requires repeated sprinting, jumping and short periods