The Effect of Stress and Recovery on Field-test Performance in Floorball.
Physical and psychosocial stress and recovery are important performance determinants. A holistic approach that monitors these performance determinants over a longer period of time is lacking. Therefore this study aims to investigate the effect of a player's physical and psychosocial stress and recovery on field-test performance. In a prospective non-experimental cohort design 10 female Dutch floorball players were monitored over 6 months. To monitor physical and psychosocial stress and recovery, daily training-logs and 3-weekly the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for Athletes (RESTQ-Sport) were filled out respectively. To determine field-test performance 6 Heart rate Interval Monitoring System (HIMS) and 4 Repeated Modified Agility T-test (RMAT) measurements were performed. Multilevel prediction models were applied to account for within-players and between-players field-test performance changes. The results show that more psychosocial stress and less psychosocial recovery over 3-6 weeks before testing decrease HIMS performance (p≤0.05). More physical stress over 6 weeks before testing improves RMAT performance (p≤0.05). In conclusion, physical and psychosocial stress and recovery affect submaximal interval-based running performance and agility up to 6 weeks before testing. Therefore both physical and psychosocial stress and recovery should be monitored in daily routines to optimize performance.
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
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van der Does
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Brink
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Visscher
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Huijgen
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Frencken
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Lemmink
D000328:Adult; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult