ArticleBiology of sport2016
Effect of between-set recovery durations on repeated sprint ability in young soccer players.
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- Effects of high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness, jump, and sprint performance in male under-20 soccer players: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The Acute Demands of Repeated-Sprint Training on Physiological, Neuromuscular, Perceptual and Performance Outcomes in Team Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Comparison of plyometric repeated sprint and plyometric aerobic training on physical performance in youth soccer players.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Effects of Dark Chocolate on Physiological and Anaerobic Performance Among Healthy Female and Male Adults.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Longitudinal Seasonal Development of Anthropometric and Physical Performance Characteristics in Youth Trained Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acute Effect of Normobaric Hypoxia on Performance in Repeated Wingate Tests with Longer Recovery Periods and Neuromuscular Fatigue in Triathletes: Sex Differences.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Repeated-sprint sets test: a new method for evaluating and forecasting fitness in elite young male soccer players.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Physiological Responses to Repeated Running Sprint Ability Tests: A Systematic Review.International journal of exercise science · 2020Review
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Abstract
The purposes of this study were to examine the effect of between-set recovery duration on physiological responses (heart rate and blood lactate), rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and performance indices of repeated sprint sets (RSS) and to investigate their relationship with aerobic power. Twenty-four young male soccer players (age: 17.4 ± 0.32 years) performed three randomized RSS protocols consisting of 2 sets of 5x20 m with 15 s recovery between sprints and 1 min (RSS1), 2 min (RSS2) and 4 min (RSS4) between sets, and a multi-stage aerobic track test to estimate VO2max. Results showed that in contrast to RSS2 and RSS4, RSS1 leads to a large decline in performance expressed as the sum of sprint times (34.0±1.0 s, 34.0±1.1s and 34.6±1.1s, respectively) and a significant increase of both mean heart rate (124.0±9.7 bpm, 112.5±6.7 bpm and 137.3±12.4, respectively) and RPE (3.2±1.5, 3.4±1.2 and 6.3±1.4, respectively) with no change in blood lactate and peak HR between the three rest conditions. No significant correlations were obtained between estimated VO2max and any of the indices of the three RSS protocols. In conclusion, 1 min of recovery between sets is sufficient to ensure a significant decrease in performance in the second set, while 2 min and 4 min of recovery were long enough to provide maintenance of high intensity work in the second set. These findings would be useful for coaches and sport scientists when attempting to assess repeated sprint abilities, allowing coaches to accurately define the intended training goals in young soccer players.
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