Energy management using virtual reality improves 2000-m rowing performance
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Energiemanagement mithilfe virtueller Realität verbessert die Leistungsfähigkeit beim Rudern der 2000 Meter-Strecke |
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Autor: | Hoffmann, Charles P.; Filippeschi, Alessandro; Ruffaldi, Emanuele; Bardya, Benoit G. |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports sciences |
Veröffentlicht: | 32 (2014), 6, S. 501-509, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0264-0414, 1466-447X |
DOI: | 10.1080/02640414.2013.835435 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201408007565 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
Elite-standard rowers tend to use a fast-start strategy followed by an inverted parabolic-shaped speed profile in 2000-m races. This strategy is probably the best to manage energy resources during the race and maximise performance. This study investigated the use of virtual reality (VR) with novice rowers as a means to learn about energy management. Participants from an avatar group (n = 7) were instructed to track a virtual boat on a screen, whose speed was set individually to follow the appropriate to-be-learned speed profile. A control group (n = 8) followed an indoor training programme. In spite of similar physiological characteristics in the groups, the avatar group learned and maintained the required profile, resulting in an improved performance (i.e. a decrease in race duration), whereas the control group did not. These results suggest that VR is a means to learn an energy-related skill and improve performance. Verf.-Referat