Should we be recommending repeated sprints to improve repeated-sprint performance?

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Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. The effect of repeated-sprint training on performance outcomes in youth athletes: a meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2026
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2. Meta-analyses of the effects of high-intensity interval training in elite athletes-part I: mean effects on various performance measures.Frontiers in physiology · 2024
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3. The effects of repeated-sprint training on field-based fitness measures: a meta-analysis of controlled and non-controlled trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015
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4. Effects of low-volume high-intensity interval training (HIT) on fitness in adults: a meta-analysis of controlled and non-controlled trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014
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5. The Effect of Speed Endurance Versus Core Training on The Repeated Sprint Ability of Youth Male Soccer Players - A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024
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6. Effect of Novel, School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) on Cardiometabolic Health in Adolescents: Project FFAB (Fun Fast Activity Blasts) - An Exploratory Controlled Before-And-After Trial.PloS one · 2016
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7. The Effect of Two Speed Endurance Training Regimes on Performance of Soccer Players.PloS one · 2015
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8. Effects of Plyometric and Repeated Sprint Training on Physical Performance.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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9. Specific physical trainability in elite young soccer players: efficiency over 6 weeks' in-season training.Biology of sport · 2017
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10. Short- or long-rest intervals during repeated-sprint training in soccer?PloS one · 2017
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11. High-intensity interval training (HIT) for effective and time-efficient pre-surgical exercise interventions.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2016
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12. A Clustered Repeated-Sprint Running Protocol for Team-Sport Athletes Performed in Normobaric Hypoxia.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2015
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13. Individual and team performance in team-handball: a review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2014
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14. Dr. Boullosa's forgotten pieces don't fit the puzzle.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014
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15. Advancing hypoxic training in team sports: from intermittent hypoxic training to repeated sprint training in hypoxia.British journal of sports medicine · 2013
    Review
16. High-intensity interval training, solutions to the programming puzzle. Part II: anaerobic energy, neuromuscular load and practical applications.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2013
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17. Enhancing team-sport athlete performance: is altitude training relevant?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2012
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  Repeated-sprint ability - part II: recommendations for training.2011

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