Relationship Between Repeated Sprint Performance and both Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness

• Authors: Wajdi Dardouri , Mohamed Amin Selmi , Radhouane Haj Sassi , Zied Gharbi , Ahmed Rebhi , Mohamed Haj Yahmed , Wassim Moalla
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aims of this study were firstly, to examine the relationship between repeated sprint performance indices and anaerobic speed reserve (AnSR), aerobic fitness and anaerobic power and secondly, to identify the best predictors of sprinting ability among these parameters. Twenty nine subjects (age: 22.5 ± 1.6 years, body height: 1.8 ± 0.1 m, body mass: 68.8 ± 8.5 kg, body mass index (BMI): 22.2 ± 2.1 kg•m-2, fat mass: 11.3 ± 2.9 %) participated in this study. All participants performed a 30 m sprint test (T30) from which we calculated the maximal anaerobic speed (MAnS), vertical and horizontal jumps, 20m multi-stage shuttle run test (MSRT) and repeated sprint test (10 x 15 m shuttle run). AnSR was calculated as the difference between MAnS and the maximal speed reached in the MSRT. Blood lactate sampling was performed 3 min after the RSA protocol. There was no significant correlation between repeated sprint indices (total time (TT); peak time (PT), fatigue index (FI)) and both estimated VO2max and vertical jump performance). TT and PT were significantly correlated with T30 (r=0.63, p=0.001 and r=0.62, p=0.001; respectively), horizontal jump performance (r = -0.47, p = 0.001 and r = -0.49, p = 0.006; respectively) and AnSR (r=-0.68, p= 0.001 and r=-0.70, p=0.001, respectively). Significant correlations were found between blood lactate concentration and TT, PT, and AnSR (r=-0.44, p=0.017; r=-0.43, p=0.018 and r=0.44, p=0.016; respectively). Stepwise multiple regression analyses demonstrated that AnSR was the only significant predictor of the TT and PT, explaining 47% and 50% of the shared variance, respectively. Our findings are of particular interest for coaches and fitness trainers in order to predict repeated sprint performance by using AnSR that can easily identify the respective upper performance limits supported by aerobic and anaerobic power of a player involved in multi-sprint team sports.

Keywords

EN

aerobic fitness; anaerobic power; vertical jump; horizontal jump; repeated sprint ability

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 139-148

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2014

online

9 - 4 - 2014

Contributors

author

Wajdi Dardouri

• Department of physical Education, University of Hail-College of Education, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Research Unit « School and University Sportive Practices and Performance », High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, University of Jendouba, Tunisia

author

Mohamed Amin Selmi

• Research Unit « School and University Sportive Practices and Performance », High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, University of Jendouba, Tunisia

author

Radhouane Haj Sassi

• King Abdulaziz University – Faculty of Education in Jeddah. Physical Education Department, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Research Unit « School and University Sportive Practices and Performance », High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, University of Jendouba, Tunisia

author

Zied Gharbi

• Research Unit « School and University Sportive Practices and Performance », High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, University of Jendouba, Tunisia
• Tunisian Research Laboratory ''Sport Performance Optimisation'', National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia

author

Ahmed Rebhi

• King Abdulaziz University – Faculty of Education in Jeddah. Physical Education Department, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Research Unit « School and University Sportive Practices and Performance », High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, University of Jendouba, Tunisia

author

Mohamed Haj Yahmed

• Research Unit, « Analysis and Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Sports Performance », High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Ksar Said, University of Manouba, Tunisia

author

Wassim Moalla

• Research Unit: EM2S, High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hukin-2014-0016