Diet Plan for Basketball

Like a car, our body also needs a specific amount of fuel to build up the energy in body. The fuel in form of food and liquids we take daily. It is not only associated with body parts, but also very important for proper brain functioning. Do you know that the food we take has an impact on our behavior?

Without a good diet, a sportsman will never be able to perform well. He / She will surely be lacking some of the important nutrients which will 100% result in a negative effect on body and the performance. So, a balanced diet is very necessary to fulfill the body’s energy which a person looses daily.

The important nutrients for a live basketball player’s body include:

Proteins (Important for body and used to repair the tissues and muscles)

Fats (An important source of energy)

Carbohydrates (Source of energy)

Minerals (Significant component for proper body functioning)

Vitamins (Body’s key element for chemical reactions)

Water (Body’s fundamental ingredient and act as a vehicle in body)

Calories (Heat energy of the body)

A sportsmen need to fulfill the basic body requirements and the extra energy requirements of the game. So a player must follow the following instructions

Proteins built up the muscle tissues too thus a player should know the exact body weight and take about 5 grams of protein per kg weight. 

Set the amount of fat as 1gram per kg weight of the body and always use healthy fats.

A player’s daily diet must contain approximately 60% carbohydrates as it provides energy to the body. You can set the amount as 5 grams of carbohydrates if the body weight is 1 kg. So, if the weight is 50 the amount of carbohydrates will be 50x5.

Vitamins are the key elements for many chemical processes of the body so a basketball player must take vitamins. Eat healthy seasonal fruits. It will help, to avoid skin diseases and fatigue. Ii keeps the body more active and fresh.

Do you know that an adult consist of almost 65% water in the body which means that water is very essential. A normal daily water requirement of the body is 2550ml, but it may vary on the basis of weather, your body and your activities. So for a basketball player the water requirement becomes 465– 1500 ml per hour.

The basic daily requirement of the body includes 1800 to 2000 calories and the basketball player needs almost 1500 extra calories so the requirement becomes 4000 approximately. If you are consuming very large amount of energy then you must take 6500 calories daily.

Important Tips

As a live basketball player you must monitor the level of hydration in your body.

Never take heavy diet before the game time, but after the game you must take to restore the energy of the body.