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Played in an Easter basketball tournament last weekend so took a couple of days off prior to it. It was four 10 min quarters per game and we were in the masters (over 35s) section and I was a little surprised at the quality of some of the players. Had three games on the Friday and one Saturday morning. It was far more physical than I would have expected which actually nullifies a lot of my game. Lots of body contact on the drive and I'm not really a proper post player but more of a slasher which is difficult to do when you're getting shoved on every play. Had a great time though and it looks it will become an annual thing with this team. Gives me 12 months to get into better shape than I am now.

Thoughts out of the tournament:
Pros-
I'm a better shooter than I give myself credit for and I need to trust my shot and get more shots up overall. I have a great 1 dribble pull up from mid range and can get it anytime I want. Needed to be more aggressive. That would also open up the lane to the basket more.
My conditioning was actually pretty good. I played at least 30 mins per game and not once did I feel overwhelmingly tired. Part of that has to be the weekly running I've been doing.
Vert isn't terrible. I weighed 96kg on the first day so probably 99 adding food, water, shoes and clothes. Still getting mid palm above rim which is 24-25" off a few steps. Only got out rebounded a few times by a guy who was 2" taller than me with long arms.

Cons-
I did feel weak against some of the men playing. They were just bigger and more physical. I'm a different build to a lot of them. Perhaps need a few more kgs on the upper body to really compete.
Vert isn't great. Rather than add a few more kgs to the upper body (like I said above) I would prefer to be 6-8kgs lighter and be faster and more dynamic. I'm pushing against age here but realistically think I still have a 30"+  in game vert in me. I can also probably get a lot stronger without adding too much size.
I completely over thought the training process. Tried to do too much in too many domains. It's pretty simple though right. Get stronger at a lighter bodyweight and add some jumps and stay flexible.
Overall conditioning was poor. My cardio was great and I was able to recover and repeat efforts pretty well. Next year I would plan to have 4-6 games leading into the tournament to get my in game conditioning to a better level. My calves and ankles suffered the most. Sprained my left ankle twice in the last game and pretty sure this was due to fatigue accumulated from the previous games.  Ankle is still pretty well buggered and will take some time to heal.

Back into training today and will take it slow and just focus on getting some good movement in. Time now to focus on martial arts training and make some advancements there before coming back to basketball in the new year.