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Twenty-four healthy male participants were divided into two groups: those with basketball experience (9.6 \u00b1 4.5 years) and those with minimal or no experience (0.7 \u00b1 0.9 years). All participants completed a 10-min recreational 3 \u00d7 3 basketball match following official FIBA rules. Heart rate responses were monitored using Polar H10 heart rate straps to determine the percentage of maximal heart rate (%HRmax), while perceptual responses were assessed through the modified Borg RPE scale (0\u201310) and the Exercise Enjoyment Scale (1\u20137). Physical demands were captured using inertial measurement units (Catapult) and included PlayerLoad\/min, accelerations, decelerations, changes of direction, and jumps. Between-group differences were analyzed using t-tests for normally distributed data or Mann\u2013Whitney U tests otherwise. No significant differences were observed between experienced and non-experienced players for %HRmax, enjoyment, or physical activity metrics (p &amp;gt; 0.05). However, non-experienced participants reported significantly higher RPE values than their experienced counterparts (p = 0.005; r = 0.68,\n                    <jats:italic>large<\/jats:italic>\n                    effect size), indicating that prior sport-specific experience may affect the perceived difficulty of a given task, even when physiological and physical outputs are similar. In conclusion, these findings suggest that perceived exertion is more sensitive to prior sport-specific experience than physiological or physical measures, underlining the need to consider participants\u2019 backgrounds when monitoring internal load. 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