dc.contributor.author | Cahill, Micheál | |
dc.contributor.author | Oliver, Jon | |
dc.contributor.author | Cronin, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Clark, Kenneth | |
dc.contributor.author | Cross, Matt | |
dc.contributor.author | Lloyd, Rhodri S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-08T08:10:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-08T08:10:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-05-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cahill, M.J., Oliver, J.L., Cronin, J.B., Clark, K.P., Cross, M.R. and Lloyd, R.S. (2019) 'Sled-Pull Load-Velocity Profiling and Implications for Sprint Training Prescription in Young Male Athletes', Sports, 7(5), p.119. DOI: 10.3390/sports7050119. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2075-4663 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10369/10606 | |
dc.description | Article published in Sports on 20 May 2019, available open access at: https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7050119. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of individual load–velocity profiles and the between-athlete variation using the decrement in maximal velocity (Vdec) approach to prescribe training loads in resisted sled pulling in young athletes. Seventy high school, team sport, male athletes (age 16.7 ± 0.8 years) were recruited for the study. All participants performed one un-resisted and four resisted sled-pull sprints with incremental resistance of 20% BM. Maximal velocity was measured with a radar gun during each sprint and the load–velocity relationship established for each participant. A subset of 15 participants was used to examine the reliability of sled pulling on three separate occasions. For all individual participants, the load–velocity relationship was highly linear (r > 0.95). The slope of the load–velocity relationship was found to be reliable (coefficient of variation (CV) = 3.1%), with the loads that caused a decrement in velocity of 10, 25, 50, and 75% also found to be reliable (CVs = <5%). However, there was a large between-participant variation (95% confidence intervals (CIs)) in the load that caused a given Vdec, with loads of 14–21% body mass (% BM) causing a Vdec of 10%, 36–53% BM causing a Vdec of 25%, 71–107% BM causing a Vdec of 50%, and 107–160% BM causing a Vdec of 75%. The Vdec method can be reliably used to prescribe sled-pulling loads in young athletes, but practitioners should be aware that the load required to cause a given Vdec is highly individualized. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Sports; | |
dc.title | Sled-Pull Load-Velocity Profiling and Implications for Sprint Training Prescription in Young Male Athletes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7050119 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-05-17 | |
rioxxterms.funder | Cardiff Metropolitan University | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Cardiff Metropolian (Internal) | en_US |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_US |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-07-08 | |
rioxxterms.funder.project | 37baf166-7129-4cd4-b6a1-507454d1372e | en_US |