The objective of the research was to analyze the preparation-performance of basketball teams from the perspective of the team’s learning cycle - TLC at different levels and sex. The research unfolds in two observational, descriptive and quantitative studies. The first study will focus on a female university basketball team (15 athletes, age ± 20 years) that competed in the 2018 Brazilian university games. In this study, we consider all the stages that are inherent to the TLC. The team’s strategy will be analyzed, which is composed of eight offensive plays and their building blocks the SPDs, the training with all pre-season sessions comprising 25 training sessions carried out over 60 days (105 hours), with a frequency of three times a week. Finally, we will analyze the performance obtained in the team’s game. The second study will be developed with the Brazilian under 16 men’s basketball team that played in the America Cup in 2019. In this study, we consider all the phases that are inherent to the TLC and propose a methodological advance in the cycle. The team’s strategy will be analyzed, which is composed of 19 offensive moves and considering its building blocks in greater detail, the SCDs-SCDc, the training with all the units planned in the team’s preparation, comprising 20 training sessions carried out
throughout 14 days (26 hours), every day of the week. Finally, we will analyze six games and the respective results obtained. We will end with the general discussion and conclusion of the research.