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Effectiveness of a Generic vs. Specific Program Training to Prevent the Short-Term Detraining on Repeated-Sprint Ability of Youth Soccer Players

2020; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 34; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1519/jsc.0000000000003670

1533-4287

Alejandro Rodríguez-Fernández, Gerardo Villa, Javier Sánchez-Sanchez, José Antonio Rodríguez Marroyo,

Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Abstract Rodríguez-Fernández, A, Villa, JG, Sánchez-Sánchez, J, and Rodríguez-Marroyo, JA. Effectiveness of a generic vs. specific program training to prevent the short-term detraining on repeated-sprint ability of youth soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 34(8): 2128–2135, 2020—The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of 2 short-term training programs to prevent the negative effect of detraining on repeated-sprint ability (RSA) performance. The study was performed during a 2-week midseason break without official matches. Forty-five youth soccer players (17.7 ± 0.8 years, 175.4 ± 5.5 cm, and 67.2 ± 5.1 kg) were split into 3 groups during the intervention period: inactivity group (IN; N = 16), generic high-intensity training group (GG; N = 15), and specific training group (SG; N = 14). IN was instructed to avoid performing physical activity during the 2-week training intervention. However, GG and SG performed 8 training sessions. GG performed a generic aerobic interval training consisting of 4 repetitions of 4 minutes of exercise at 90–95% of maximal heart rate. SG performed a specific conditioning through small-sided games (4 vs. 4, 4 × 4-minute) and repeated sprints (6 × 30-m). Testing sessions included an RSA test and a Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1 (YYIR1). Repeated-sprint ability performance only improved after the training intervention in SG (∼2%, p < 0.01, JOURNAL/jscr/04.03/00124278-202008000-00004/4MM1/v/2023-10-04T215212Z/r/image-tiff = 0.23–0.25). Both GG and IN declined their performance in post-test (∼2%, p < 0.01, JOURNAL/jscr/04.03/00124278-202008000-00004/4MM1/v/2023-10-04T215212Z/r/image-tiff = 0.19–0.22). No significant effect, group × time, was analyzed for YYIR1 performance. This study suggests that only specific training, based on small-sided games and repeated sprints, leads to short-term improvements on RSA performance in youth soccer players.