Short-duration, high-intensity exercise and performance of a sports-specific skill: a preliminary study.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of one bout and three intermittent bouts of short-duration, high-intensity running on the performance of a sports-specific psychomotor skill. Participants (N=13) were male soccer players (M age 20.5 yr., SD=2.0) who had been playing semi-professionally for M=2.1 years, SD=1.11 and trained twice a week. They undertook a soccer-passing test in three conditions: following rest, following a 100-m sprint and following 3 x 100-m sprints, with 30-sec. rest intervals between sprints. Passing accuracy showed a significant linear deterioration, while number of passes showed a significant quadratic effect. Low to moderate linear regression correlations were found between posttest heart rate and absolute and variable errors on the test. It was concluded that short-duration, high-intensity exercise has a negative effect on accuracy in a sports-specific task that requires both perceptual judgment and motor control.
Centre for Sports Science and Medicine, University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 6PE, United Kingdom. t.mcmorris@chi.ac.uk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012420:Running / Q000523:psychology*; D012916:Soccer / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors