Abstract

A successful basketball player must have certain morphologic, functional and psychic characteristics. Requested functional characteristics are related to the high intensity of the game over the whole time of the match. Basic and specific functional abilities enabling an effective play can be differentiated. Aerobic and anaerobic endurance are the basis of those sportspecific characteristics of a successful basketball player like motoric explosivity, precision, speed and coordination. According to these investigations the basic attention must be paid to components of anaerobic capacity as well as to body mass, heart ability, aerobic capacity, speed strenght and to efficasy of specific motoric efforts in the state of fatigue. Verf.-Referat