Background: Scientific information on master competitions is mainly in individual sports and there is a lack of information on the senior team sport matches. Objective: To provide aerobic and anaerobic profiles of senior (55 ± 5 years) basketball players (n = 10), and to evaluate the physiological load and the match analysis of a senior basketball match. Methods: Participants were administered a maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) and anaerobic tests (jump tests: counter movement jump (CMJ) and bounce jump (BJ), and running tests: 10-m sprint and running 10 m while bouncing the ball (10-mBB)). During a senior basketball match, the players’ heart rate (HR), electrocardiogram (ECG), blood lactate concentration (LA) and motor activities were recorded. Results: The maximal aerobic test values were: HRpeak 149 ± 9 beats·min–1; power 187 ± 23 W; VO2peak 22.9 ± 2.2 ml·kg–1·min–1; LApeak 8.3 ± 1.9 mM. Jump test values were: CMJ = 24.9 ± 6.5 cm and BJ = 20.5 ± 4.75 cm. Running performances were: 10-m sprint in 2.26 ± 0.18 s; 10-mBB in 2.34 ± 0.14 s; 10-mBB/10-m sprint ratio 1.1 ± 0.1. During the match, no adverse event or ST-segment changes or complex arrhythmias occurred. HR exceeded 85% of HRpeak for 59 ± 37%. LA values were 3.7 ± 1.8 mM. Players spent 48% walking, 19% positioning, 17% running, 15% inactive, and 1% jumping. A limited number of fouls (2 ± 1.5) was observed and players performed only 2-point shots. Conclusion: Older basketball players undergoing a training regimen of 1.5 h·week–1 showed good anaerobic characteristics and a moderate aerobic capacity. Although the senior basketball match required high intensities (only 3% of total match time spent at HR <70% of HRmax), the ECG Holter monitoring showed no adverse event, ST-segment changes or complex arrhythmias. Finally, their play did not include the technical skills recently introduced to basketball.

Keywords:
Athletes, older, Anaerobic power, Aerobic power, Basketball match
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2006
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