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Vol. 44. Issue 164.
Pages 163-173 (October - December 2009)
Vol. 44. Issue 164.
Pages 163-173 (October - December 2009)
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Comparative research about repeated sprint ability between amateurs and professional basketball and handball players
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José María Heredia Jiméneza, Ignacio Jesús Chirosa Ríosb, José Ángel Roldán Casasc, Luis Javier Chirosa Ríosd
a Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva. Granada. España. Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal. Granada. España.
b Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva. Granada. España.
c Universidad de Córdoba. Departamento de Estadística, Econometría, Investigación Operativa y Organización de Empresas. Córdoba. España.
d Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva. Granada. España.
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Introduction and aims: Team sports require players that can carry out a high number of short sprints, interspersed with periods of recovery or periods of low to moderate intensity. This type of exercise, is called Repeated Sprint Ability (RSA). Although the importance of these exercises is constant in team sports, the difference in the test of RSA among athletes of different sports or disciplines should be studied due the variety of physical efforts required in different team sports. In line with this thinking, present investigation¿s aim is to determine the differences and analogies of RSA tests between amateur and professional athletes of different team sports such as basketball and handball. Method: Four teams were evaluated, 2 basketball and 2 handball that were divided into amateurs and professionals. The RSA test was carried out by running 8 times 30 m with 25 s of recovery, on tracks with photoelectric cells.Results: The results obtained do not show significant differencesin the kinetic variables among the different groups. Differences between professional basketball and professional handball were found of (p < 0,05) in the best sprint and acceleration 0-10 m. A decline in power was observed (between 20,51% and 23,37%) between the 1st and 8th sprint in the 4 groups, but there was not difference among them. Conclusion: The type of efforts carried out by athletes in cooperation sports and similar disciplines (such as basketball and handball) are similar in the RSA test, due to the efforts carried out in competition resemble a lot between different sports and in the exercise carried out in the protocol utilized. Thus it is appropriate to emphasize that no differences between amateur and professional levels werefound.