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@s an indication of the strenuousness of the activity.

The intensity of the 440 yard run could be controlled by setting
a definite pace. Conditions here then Were Somewhat constant. The in=
tensity of basketball games varies considerably even though the same two
teams are compe ting. In order to get average conditions several regula
tion games Were played and the players tested after each game.

Since the players who ran the 440 were not the same as those who
played basketball, some means of equating their rates of recovery was
necessary. This was accomplished by requiring each athiete to do the
same exercise and then to measure the time for recovery of each. This
exercise consisted of running for two minutes at the rate of fifteen
feet per second, three steps per second, (pace set by a metronome) ,
pulling a revolving drum about a circle #4 feet & inches in diameter.
By taking the time of recovery of any one of the athletes for this
standard exercise, the rate of all the others could be equated to this
one. Likewise, the recovery of an athlete from the 440 yard dash could
be expressed in definite relation to the recovery of a player from @
basketball game.

On this basis, it was found that the average time for recovery
after a basketball game was 56.15 minutes, While the average time for
recovery after running & uO yard dash in less than one minute was
60.5 minutes. The range of scores for recovery of the basketball

players was from 109.38 minutes to 23.32 minutes. The range for the