Variations of season workload and well-being status among professional roller-hockey players: Full season analysis

Publication date: Available online 18 December 2019Source: Physiology & BehaviorAuthor(s): Lillian Gonçalves, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Bruno Silva, Bruno Mendes, Ricardo Lima, Pedro Bezerra, Miguel CamõesAbstractThe aims of this research were (i) to describe variations in the internal load and well-being between regular (one official match) and congested (two official matches) weeks in senior professional roller-hockey players and (ii) to analyse the variations of these determinants, within weeks, for an entire season. Ten professional roller-hockey players (29.3 ± 4.8 years; 178.3 ± 6.4 cm; 78.0 ± 3.9 kg) from the Portuguese 1st league division participated in this study. Perceptions of fatigue, stress, delayed onset muscle soreness, and quality of sleep were recorded, and the Hooper index (1–7) was constructed with the sum of the four subjective ratings. In addition, the rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was collected approximately 30 min after each training session using Borg's CR-10. The volume of training (in minutes) was also collected, and the session-RPE (RPE multiplied by training volume) was calculated. Among congested weeks, in MD-2 (two days before a match), players spend less time training (-20.7%; 90%CI: -22,5; -18,9) and have lower levels of RPE (-20.0%; 90%CI: - 25,0; -14,7) and internal training load (-38.2%; 90%CI: -41,9; -34,4) when compared with normal weeks. Similar results were found in both congested and normal weeks regarding the training proces...
Source: Physiology and Behavior - Category: Physiology Source Type: research