Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2009

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess physiological demands of competitive basketball by measuring oxygen consumption (VO2) and other variables during practice games. Each of 12 players (20.4 ± 1.1 years) was monitored in a 20-min practice game, which was conducted in the same way as actual games with the presence of referees and coaches. VO2 was measured by a portable system during the game and blood lactate concentration (LA) was measured in brief breaks. Subjects were also videotaped for time-motion analysis. Female and male players demonstrated respective VO2 of 33.4 ± 4.0 and 36.9 ± 2.6 mL/kg/min and LA of 3.2 ± 0.9 and 4.2 ± 1.3 mmol/L in the practice games (P>0.05). They spent 34.1% of play time running and jumping, 56.8% walking, and 9.0% standing. Pre-obtained VO2max was correlated to VO2 during play (r=0.673) and to percent of duration for running and jumping (r=0.935 and 0.962 for females and males, respectively). This study demonstrated a greater oxygen uptake for competitive basketball than that estimated based on a previous compendium. The correlation between aerobic capacity and activity level suggests the potential benefit of aerobic conditioning in basketball.

Comments

This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Narazaki, K., Berg, K., Stergiou, N., Chen, B. (2009) Physiological demands of competitive basketball. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 19(3): 425-32, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00789.x/abstract.

Journal Title

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

Volume

19

Issue

3

First Page

425

Last Page

432

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