Covid-19 lockdown: a global study investigating the effect of athletes' sport classification and sex on training practices
(COVID-19 Lockdown: Eine globale Studie zur Untersuchung des Einflusses von Sportart und Geschlecht der Athleten auf die Trainingspraktiken)
Purpose:
To investigate differences in athletes` knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification and sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation focusing on athlete classification.
Methods:
Athletes (12,526; 66% male; 142 countries) completed an online survey (May-July 2020) assessing knowledge, beliefs, and practices toward training. Sports were classified as team sports (45%), endurance (20%), power/technical (10%), combat (9%), aquatic (6%), recreational (4%), racquet (3%), precision (2%), parasports (1%), and others (1%). Further analysis by sex was performed.
Results:
During lockdown, athletes practiced body-weight-based exercises routinely (67% females and 64% males), ranging from 50% (precision) to 78% (parasports). More sport-specific technical skills were performed in combat, parasports, and precision (~50%) than other sports (~35%). Most athletes (range: 50% [parasports] to 75% [endurance]) performed cardiorespiratory training (trivial sex differences). Compared to prelockdown, perceived training intensity was reduced by 29% to 41%, depending on sport (largest decline: ~38% in team sports, unaffected by sex). Some athletes (range: 7%-49%) maintained their training intensity for strength, endurance, speed, plyometric, change-of-direction, and technical training. Athletes who previously trained =5 sessions per week reduced their volume (range: 18%-28%) during lockdown. The proportion of athletes (81%) training =60 min/session reduced by 31% to 43% during lockdown. Males and females had comparable moderate levels of training knowledge (56% vs 58%) and beliefs/attitudes (54% vs 56%).
Conclusions:
Changes in athletes` training practices were sport-specific, with few or no sex differences. Team-based sports were generally more susceptible to changes than individual sports. Policy makers should provide athletes with specific training arrangements and educational resources to facilitate remote and/or home-based training during lockdown-type events.
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| Schlagworte: |
Befragung
Sportart
Sportartenvergleich
Ausdauerdisziplinen
Spielsportart
Kampfsport
Parasport
Freizeitsport
Geschlecht
männlich
weiblich
Training
Belastung
Belastungshäufigkeit
Belastungsintensität
Virus
Infektion
Sportmedizin
USA
Biowissenschaften und Sportmedizin
Trainingswissenschaft
Ausdauersportarten
Spielsportarten
Kampfsportarten
Kraft-Schnellkraft-Sportarten
Parasport
technische Sportarten
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| Notationen: | Biowissenschaften und Sportmedizin Trainingswissenschaft Ausdauersportarten Spielsportarten Kampfsportarten Kraft-Schnellkraft-Sportarten Parasport technische Sportarten |
| Tagging: | Lockdown COVID-19 Pandemie Coronavirus |
| Veröffentlicht in: | International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
2022
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| Online-Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2021-0543 |
| Jahrgang: | 17 |
| Heft: | 8 |
| Seiten: | 1242-1256 |
| Dokumentenarten: | Artikel |
| Level: | hoch |