This study aimed at comparing the effects of intermittent and repeated sprint ability training on physiological variables.Sixteen young female basketball players were randomly allocated to intermittent training (IT=8) or repeated sprint ability training (RST=8) groups. The following outcomes were measured at baseline and after 6 weeks of training: Yo-Yo intermittent recovery (Yo-Yo) and repeated sprint ability (RSA) tests.For all the variables investigated the effect of training type showed a different trend respect at current knowledge. In the RSA, best time (BT) was a significant main effect of training time (pre- vs. post-) (P<0.0001), and of the interaction training type/time (P=0.03). The RST showed a decrease in BT of 3.1\% (P=0.005) while the IT showed a decrease of 6.2\% (P<0.0001). In the IT there was a significant main effect of time for the total distance with an increment of 26.9\%, and a significant main effect of time in the final speed with an increment of 1.23\%.These findings suggest that the two training methods used in this study can be an effective training strategy for inducing anaerobic and basketball-specific training schedules. Besides, even when IT training is not done at very high speed, it can increase the maximum speed of the RSA.
Titolo: | Sprint vs. intermittent training in young female basketball players. |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
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Abstract: | This study aimed at comparing the effects of intermittent and repeated sprint ability training on physiological variables.Sixteen young female basketball players were randomly allocated to intermittent training (IT=8) or repeated sprint ability training (RST=8) groups. The following outcomes were measured at baseline and after 6 weeks of training: Yo-Yo intermittent recovery (Yo-Yo) and repeated sprint ability (RSA) tests.For all the variables investigated the effect of training type showed a different trend respect at current knowledge. In the RSA, best time (BT) was a significant main effect of training time (pre- vs. post-) (P<0.0001), and of the interaction training type/time (P=0.03). The RST showed a decrease in BT of 3.1\% (P=0.005) while the IT showed a decrease of 6.2\% (P<0.0001). In the IT there was a significant main effect of time for the total distance with an increment of 26.9\%, and a significant main effect of time in the final speed with an increment of 1.23\%.These findings suggest that the two training methods used in this study can be an effective training strategy for inducing anaerobic and basketball-specific training schedules. Besides, even when IT training is not done at very high speed, it can increase the maximum speed of the RSA. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11562/876786 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 Articolo in Rivista |