Interpretation and Perception of Slow, Moderate, and Fast Swimming Paces in Distance and Sprint Swimmers

Autor: Martina A. Maggioni, Pietro Invernizzi, Stefano Longo, Giovanni Michielon, Raffaele Scurati, Andrea Bosio
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Perceptual and Motor Skills. 118:833-849
ISSN: 1558-688X
0031-5125
Popis: This study assessed how accurately professional swimmers can interpret instructions to swim “slow,” “moderate,” and “fast.” 8 distance swimmers (6 males, 2 females; M age = 19 yr., SD = 3) and 8 sprint swimmers (7 males, 1 female; M age = 18yr., SD = 1) performed an all-out 50-m crawl stroke and three sets of 8 × 50-m crawl stroke trials interpreting the coach's instruction to swim at slow, moderate, and fast paces. No differences were detected between groups in absolute speed. Nevertheless, distance and sprint swimmers significantly differed in speed normalized to their own 50-m all-out speed (effect sizes = 6.72, 6.20, 1.35 for slow, moderate, and fast, respectively), stroke frequency (effect sizes = 0.81, 1.12, 1.54, respectively), and blood lactate concentration (effect sizes = 0.99, 2.56, 1.70, respectively).
Databáze: OpenAIRE