Comparison of perceived training load in cross-country skiing coaches and junior athletes
(Vergleich der wahrgenommenen Trainingsbelastung bei Skilanglauftrainern und Nachwuchsathleten)
INTRODUCTION: Planning and monitoring appropriate training loads in young athletes is crucial to ensure a positive sporting development, minimize the risk of injuries, non-functional states, and ultimately drop-out 1. A recent meta-analysis showed a very low certainty of evidence regarding the agreement between coaches` prescribed and athletes` perceived training load 2. No previous studies have investigated the agreement between intended and perceived training load in cross-country (XC) skiing. Therefore, this study aimed to compare perceived training load in XC skiing coaches and athletes.
METHODS: Thirteen male and seven female XC skiers (17.1 ± 0.8 yrs) reported their rating of perceived exertion (RPE, 1-10 scale) and training duration for each session during one week of training in the preparation period. Their three coaches rated the intended perceived exertion (RIE) and planned session duration. Intended and perceived training load was calculated by multiplying RIE/RPE by session duration. Correlations between prescribed and perceived exertion and training load were analysed using repeated measures correlation. Differences between these variables were tested using mixed model analysis and sub analyses were performed based on
athletes` sex.
RESULTS: Large correlations (r = 0.67, p < 0.001) were found between intended and perceived training load. Very large correlations (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) were found between RIE and RPE. There were no significant differences between coaches` and athletes` training load and exertion, in both sexes (p < 0.001).
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Unlike previous evidence in youth team sports3, this study showed that coaches` RIE matches well with athletes` RPE, while the correlation was less strong for training load, caused by a deviation in session duration. Despite coaches monitor a relatively large number of young athletes, these results may suggest that there is a good control of training load in this sample of junior XC skiers.
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| Notationen: | Nachwuchssport Ausdauersportarten |
| Veröffentlicht in: | 9th International Congress on Science and Skiing, March 18 - 22, 2023, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Salzburg
University of Salzburg
2023
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| Online-Zugang: | https://ski-science.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ICSS_2023_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf |
| Seiten: | 80 |
| Dokumentenarten: | Kongressband, Tagungsbericht |
| Level: | hoch |