Can the curriculum be used to estimate critical velocity in young competitive swimmers?
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Kann der Trainingsplan zur Schätzung der kritischen Geschwindigkeit bei jungen Leistungsschwimmern verwendet werden? |
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Autor: | Costa, Aldo M.; Silva, António J.; Louro, Hugo; Reis, Victor M.; Domingos Garrido, Nuno; Marques, Mário C.; Marinho, Daniel A. |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports science and medicine |
Veröffentlicht: | 8 (2009), 1, S. 17-23, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1303-2968 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201002002130 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The aims of the present study were to assess critical velocity using the swimmer curriculum in front crawl events and to compare critical velocity to the velocity corresponding to a 4 mmol·l-1 of blood lactate concentration and to the velocity of a 30 min test. The sample included 24 high level male swimmers ranged between 14 and 16 years old. For each subject the critical velocity, the velocity corresponding to a 4 mmol·l-1 of blood lactate concentration and the mean velocity of a 30 min test were determined. The critical velocity was also estimated by considering the best performance of a swimmer over several distances based on the swimmer curriculum. Critical velocity including 100, 200 and 400 m events was not different from the velocity of 4 mmol·l-1 of blood lactate concentration. Critical velocity including all the swimmer events was not different from the velocity of a 30 min test. The assessment of critical velocity based upon the swimmer curriculum would therefore seem to be a good approach to determine the aerobic ability of a swimmer. The selection of the events to be included in critical velocity assessment must be a main concern in the evaluation of the swimmer. Verf.-Referat