Tracking performance and its underlying characteristics in talented swimmers: a longitudinal study during the junior-to-senior transition.

ABSTRACT: The present study strived to gain a more profound understanding of the distinctions in development between swimmers who are considered to be on track to the senior elite level compared to those who are not. Longitudinal data of 29 talented sprint and middle-distance swimmers (12 males; 17 females) on season best performances (season best times) and underlying performance characteristics (anthropometrics, starts, turns, maximal swimming velocity, stroke index [SI, an indirect measure of swimming efficiency] and lower body power) were collected over four swimming seasons (median of n = 3 seasons per swimmer). Based on their season best performance at early senior age (males aged 18-19; females aged 17-18), some swimmers were considered to be on track to reach the elite level (referred

SUBMITTER: Post AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446966 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature