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Souza Ramos, Jennifer Ann

University of British Columbia

Ensuring an athlete’s health while developing athletic performance is a key objective of coaches and training staff. Current literature supports the importance of monitoring training load and its effect on athletic performance; however, there is limited research examining the effects in female athletes. Therefore, we sought to examine the effects of training load on performance, cardiovascular function, anthropometry in female collegiate soccer players. Moreover, we aimed to examine the relationships between resting cardiovascular function and performance measures while controlling for anthropometry. The data was analyzed used a Pearson correlation coefficient (r) and multiple regression analysis (R²). Owing to the potential confounding effects of changes in anthropometric indices, body composition (body mass index & body fat percentage) indices were also used as covariates in separate analyses of resting cardiovascular function and physical performance measures. The results yielded several negative correlations between between training load and athletic performance, revealing that sprints had the biggest impact on performance for LRS at 5 metres (r = -0.53, p <0.01), 10 metres (r = -0.54, p <0.01) vertical jump height (r = -0.35, p <0.05) and the YoYo test (r = -0.42, p <0.05). The findings of this investigation reveal that there is a critical balance between preseason training load and recovery time for cardiovascular function and sport performance. Coaches and athletes alike should pay particular attention to preseason training load and recovery time to help ensure optimal sport performance.

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2023-10-23

Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86295

Kinesiology

University of British Columbia

UBCV

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/