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Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season
The current study aimed to longitudinally evaluate anthropometric, physiological, and biomechanical variables related to middle-distance performance during a 45-week swimming training season. Thirty-four swimmers (age: 12.07 ± 1.14 years) performed a maximum of 400 m front crawl at the beginning (T1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908489/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498817 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031010 |
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author | Ferreira, Sara Carvalho, Diogo Duarte Cardoso, Ricardo Rios, Manoel Soares, Susana Toubekis, Argyris Fernandes, Ricardo J. |
author_facet | Ferreira, Sara Carvalho, Diogo Duarte Cardoso, Ricardo Rios, Manoel Soares, Susana Toubekis, Argyris Fernandes, Ricardo J. |
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description | The current study aimed to longitudinally evaluate anthropometric, physiological, and biomechanical variables related to middle-distance performance during a 45-week swimming training season. Thirty-four swimmers (age: 12.07 ± 1.14 years) performed a maximum of 400 m front crawl at the beginning (T1) and finish of the first macrocycle (T2, 15 weeks) and the finish of the second (T3, 18 weeks) and third macrocycles (T4, 12 weeks). Time-related variables, stroke rate (SR), stroke length (SL), and stroke index (SI) were recorded during the test, and blood lactate ([La]) and glucose ([Glu]) concentrations were measured post-exercise. The time of the 400 m effort decreased after each macrocycle (T2 vs. T1, 7.8 ± 5.6%; T3 vs. T2, 3.7 ± 3.1%; T4 vs. T3, 3.8 ± 3.4%; p < 0.01). Four hundred meter speed changes between T1 and T2 were positively related to variations in [La], [Glu], SL, and SI (r = 0.36–0.60, p < 0.05). Changes between T2 and T3 were related to SI only (r = 0.5, p < 0.05), and modifications between T3 and T4 were associated with SL and SI variations (r = 0.34 and 0.65, p < 0.05). These results indicate that a well-structured year plan including three macrocycles leads to a significant age-group swimming performance improvement, mostly connected with an increase in technical proficiency. |
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spelling | pubmed-79084892021-02-27 Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season Ferreira, Sara Carvalho, Diogo Duarte Cardoso, Ricardo Rios, Manoel Soares, Susana Toubekis, Argyris Fernandes, Ricardo J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The current study aimed to longitudinally evaluate anthropometric, physiological, and biomechanical variables related to middle-distance performance during a 45-week swimming training season. Thirty-four swimmers (age: 12.07 ± 1.14 years) performed a maximum of 400 m front crawl at the beginning (T1) and finish of the first macrocycle (T2, 15 weeks) and the finish of the second (T3, 18 weeks) and third macrocycles (T4, 12 weeks). Time-related variables, stroke rate (SR), stroke length (SL), and stroke index (SI) were recorded during the test, and blood lactate ([La]) and glucose ([Glu]) concentrations were measured post-exercise. The time of the 400 m effort decreased after each macrocycle (T2 vs. T1, 7.8 ± 5.6%; T3 vs. T2, 3.7 ± 3.1%; T4 vs. T3, 3.8 ± 3.4%; p < 0.01). Four hundred meter speed changes between T1 and T2 were positively related to variations in [La], [Glu], SL, and SI (r = 0.36–0.60, p < 0.05). Changes between T2 and T3 were related to SI only (r = 0.5, p < 0.05), and modifications between T3 and T4 were associated with SL and SI variations (r = 0.34 and 0.65, p < 0.05). These results indicate that a well-structured year plan including three macrocycles leads to a significant age-group swimming performance improvement, mostly connected with an increase in technical proficiency. MDPI 2021-01-24 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7908489/ /pubmed/33498817 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031010 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ferreira, Sara Carvalho, Diogo Duarte Cardoso, Ricardo Rios, Manoel Soares, Susana Toubekis, Argyris Fernandes, Ricardo J. Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season |
title | Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season |
title_full | Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season |
title_fullStr | Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season |
title_full_unstemmed | Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season |
title_short | Young Swimmers’ Middle-Distance Performance Variation within a Training Season |
title_sort | young swimmers’ middle-distance performance variation within a training season |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908489/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498817 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031010 |
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