Gender-specific activity demands experienced during semiprofessional basketball game play
| Autor: | Jessica L Peucker, Aaron T. Scanlan, Vincent J. Dalbo, Andrew P Kidcaff, Ben J. Dascombe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male Basketball Physical conditioning Team sport Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Human physiology medicine.disease_cause Game play Young Adult Jumping Sex Factors Sex factors medicine Physical Endurance Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Female Muscle Strength Psychology Simulation Demography Physical Conditioning Human |
| Zdroj: | International journal of sports physiology and performance. 10(5) |
| ISSN: | 1555-0265 |
| Popis: | Purpose:To compare game activity demands between female and male semiprofessional basketball players.Methods:Female (n = 12) and male (n = 12) semiprofessional basketball players were monitored across 3 competitive games. Time–motion-analysis procedures quantified player activity into predefined movement categories across backcourt (BC) and frontcourt (FC) positions. Activity frequencies, durations, and distances were calculated relative to live playing time (min). Work:rest ratios were also calculated using the video data. Game activity was compared between genders for each playing position and all players.Results:Female players performed at greater running work-rates than male players (45.7 ± 1.4 vs. 42.1 ± 1.7 m/min, P = .05), while male players performed more dribbling than female players (2.5 ± 0.3 vs. 3.0 ± 0.2 s/min; 8.4 ± 0.3 vs. 9.7 ± 0.7 m/min, P = .05). Positional analyses revealed that female BC players performed more low-intensity shuffling (P = .04) and jumping (P = .05), as well as longer (P = .04) jogging durations, than male BC players. Female FC players executed more upper-body activity (P = .03) and larger work:rest ratios (P < .001) than male FC players. No significant gender differences were observed in the overall intermittent demands, distance traveled, high-intensity shuffling activity, and sprinting requirements during game play.Conclusions:These findings indicate that gender-specific running and dribbling differences might exist in semiprofessional basketball. Furthermore, position-specific variations between female and male basketball players should be considered. These data may prove useful in the development of gender-specific conditioning plans relative to playing position in basketball. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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