The physiological and activity demands experienced by Australian female basketball players during competition

Scanlan, Aaron T.; Dascombe, Ben J.; Reaburn, Peter; Dalbo, Vincent J.

Title: The physiological and activity demands experienced by Australian female basketball players during competition
Creator: Scanlan, Aaron T.; Dascombe, Ben J.; Reaburn, Peter; Dalbo, Vincent J.
Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 15, Issue 4, p. 341-347
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.12.008
Publisher: Elsevier Australia
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2012
Description: To describe the physiological and activity demands experienced by Australian female basketball players during competition. A between-subjects (positional comparison) repeated measures (playing periods) observational experimental design was followed. State-level basketball players (n = 12; age: 22.0 ± 3.7 yr; body mass: 72.9 ± 14.2 kg; stature: 174.2 ± 6.9 cm; body fat: 17.2 ± 5.6%; estimated VO_2max : 43.3 ± 5.7 ml kg^-1 min^-1) volunteered to participate. Heart rate (HR) and blood lactate concentration ([BLa]) were collected across eight competitive matches. Overall and positional player activity demands were calculated across three matches using time-motion analysis methodology. Activity frequencies, total durations and total distances were determined for various activity categories. Mean (±SD) HR responses of 162±3b min^-1 (82.4±1.3% HR_max) and 136±6b min^-1 (68.6±3.1% HR_max) were evident across live and total time during matches. A mean [BLa] of 3.7 ± 1.4 mmol L^-1 was observed across competition. Player activity demands were unchanged across match periods, with 1752±186 movements performed and 5214±315m travelled across total live match time. Furthermore, 39±3%, 52±2%, 5 ± 1% and 4±1% of total live time was spent performing low-intensity, moderate-intensity, high-intensity and dribbling activity. Positional comparisons revealed backcourt players performed more ball dribbling (p<0.001) and less standing/walking (p<0.01) and running (p<0.05) than frontcourt players. Together, these findings highlight the high intermittent demands and important contributions of both anaerobic and aerobic metabolic pathways during state-level female basketball competition.
Subject: time and motion studies; heart rate; women; athletic performance
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1319022
Identifier: uon:23762
Identifier: ISSN:1440-2440
Language: eng
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