Affects of Game Conditioning on Anaerobic Power and Blood Lactate Accumulation in Female Athletes

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Human Performance

Student's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Mentor's Name

Mary Visser

Mentor's Department

Human Performance

Mentor's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Second Mentor's Name

Jeff Gilbert

Second Mentor's Department

Human Performance

Second Mentor's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Description

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the affect of minutes of game time played on select fitness parameters with a Division II Women's Basketball team. We hypothesize there will be a measurable training affect induced by playing time over the course of the season. Data to be collected includes lower-body anaerobic power, body-fat percentage, and blood lactate accumulation. Lower-body anaerobic power will be assessed using a 30-second Wingate test. Blood lactate accumulation will be determined with whole blood samples using an enzymatic and reflectance photometry method. Changes in body-fat percentage will be assessed using a three-site skinfold method. Each athlete will be tested preseason, midseason, and postseason. Data analysis will be done using repeated measures ANOVA with the level of significance set at the 0.05 level. Data obtained from this study may be useful in determining conditioning programs for team sports, where many players are not exposed to the rigors of regular competition, yet are expected to be fit enough to play at a moments' notice.

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Affects of Game Conditioning on Anaerobic Power and Blood Lactate Accumulation in Female Athletes

CSU

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the affect of minutes of game time played on select fitness parameters with a Division II Women's Basketball team. We hypothesize there will be a measurable training affect induced by playing time over the course of the season. Data to be collected includes lower-body anaerobic power, body-fat percentage, and blood lactate accumulation. Lower-body anaerobic power will be assessed using a 30-second Wingate test. Blood lactate accumulation will be determined with whole blood samples using an enzymatic and reflectance photometry method. Changes in body-fat percentage will be assessed using a three-site skinfold method. Each athlete will be tested preseason, midseason, and postseason. Data analysis will be done using repeated measures ANOVA with the level of significance set at the 0.05 level. Data obtained from this study may be useful in determining conditioning programs for team sports, where many players are not exposed to the rigors of regular competition, yet are expected to be fit enough to play at a moments' notice.