A large number of team games require to produce maximal or near maximal sprint of short duration with brief recovery periods. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a repeated - sprint ability (RSA) and aerobic power in Female basketball players. Hence, 30 basketball players were selected randomly. The average age, height, weight and BF% of the subjects were 20 years, 167.8cm, 60.07kg, and 22.5% respectively. VO2max was measured by Bruce protocol on treadmill through gas analyzer (cosmed K4b2, Italy). The RSA test included 12 ? 20 m sprint departing every 20s. The pearson coefficient correlation and SPSS12 soft ware was used for analyzing data. The results indicated that there was a significant correlation between aerobic power and RSA in female basketball players (r = 0.59, p= 0.001).
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