Predicting repeat power ability through common field assessments: is repeat power ability a unique physical quality?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The repeat power ability (RPA) assessment is used to test the ability to repeatedly produce maximal ballistic efforts with an external load. The underpinning physical qualities influencing RPA are undetermined. This study aimed to gain further insight into the physical qualities that determine RPA by analysing the association between physical qualities and an assessment of RPA.

Materials and methods

Ten well-trained male field hockey players performed an RPA assessment consisting of 20 repetitions of loaded countermovement jumps (LCMJ20), with a percent decrement score of peak power output calculated. Over a two-week period, each participant performed the YoYo Intermittent Recovery Test 2 (IRT2), a repeated speed ability assessment incorporating a 180° change of d

SUBMITTER: Natera AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812577 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature