A 2-year longitudinal follow-up of performance characteristics in Chinese male elite youth athletes from swimming and racket sports.

ABSTRACT: Training in elite sport aims at the optimization of the athletic performance, and to control the athletes`progress in physiological, anthropometrical and motor performance prerequisites. However, in most sports, the value of longitudinal testing is unclear. This study evaluates the longitudinal development and the influence of intense training over 2-years on specific physiological performance prerequisites, as well as certain body dimensions and motor abilities in elite youth athletes. Recruited between 11-13 years of age at Shanghai Elite Sport school, the sample of student-athletes (N = 21) was categorized as the swimming group (10 athletes), and the racket sports group (11 players: 7 table tennis and 4 badminton players). The performance monitoring took place over two years between Sep

SUBMITTER: Zhao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549762 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature