Relative Strenuousness of Selected Sports as Performed by Women |
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| Authors: | Vera Skubic Jean Hodgkins |
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| Institution: | University of California , Santa Barbara , California , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Women participants in archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, golf, hockey, Softball, tennis, and volleyball were tested to determine the relative strenuousness of these sports. The subjects' heart beats were telemetered during participation in each sport, and estimates of their ventilation and oxygen uptake for each activity were determined from data collected in the laboratory. Mean heart rates, oxygen uptake and VO2 per kilogram of body weight were calculated for each subject in each sport. Comparisons were made to determine which activities demanded the greatest energy expenditure. Heart rates ranging from a mean of 85 beats/min. in bowling to a mean of 185 beats/min. for the roving player in basketball were recorded. The energy expenditure of the roving player in basketball was similar to that of the center halfback in hockey; these two positions required a significantly greater O2 uptake than the positions tested in all other sports. Play in these positions was classified as heavy activity. The non-roving positions of forward and guard in basketball, badminton, tennis, Softball (pitcher), and volleyball were rated as moderate activity. Golf, archery, and bowling were categorized as light activity in terms of energy expenditure. |
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