Naslov
COVID-19 Lockdown: A Global Study Investigating the Effect of Athletes’ Sport Classification and Sex on Training Practices

Autori
Washif, Jad Adrian ; Sandbakk, Øyvind ; Seiler, Stephen ; Haugen, Thomas ; Farooq, Abdulaziz ; Quarrie, Ken ; Janse van Rensburg, Dina C. ; Krug, Isabel ; Verhagen, Evert ; Wong, Del P. ; Mujika, Iñigo ; Cortis, Cristina ; Haddad, Monoem ; Ahmadian, Omid ; Al Jufaili, Mahmood ; Al-Horani, Ramzi A. ; Al-Mohannadi, Abdulla Saeed ; Aloui, Asma ; Ammar, Achraf ; Arifi, Fitim ; Aziz, Abdul Rashid ; Batuev, Mikhail ; Beaven, Christopher Martyn ; Beneke, Ralph ; Bici, Arben ; Bishnoi, Pallawi ; Bogwasi, Lone ; Bok, Daniel ; Boukhris, Omar ; Boullosa, Daniel ; Bragazzi, Nicola ; Brito, Joao ; Palacios Cartagena, Roxana Paola ; Chaouachi, Anis ; Cheung, Stephen S. ; Chtourou, Hamdi ; Cosma, Germina ; Debevec, Tadej ; DeLang, Matthew D. ; Dellal, Alexandre ; Dönmez, Gürhan ; Driss, Tarak ; Peña Duque, Juan David ; Eirale, Cristiano ; Elloumi, Mohamed ; Foster, Carl ; Franchini, Emerson ; Fusco, Andrea ; Galy, Olivier ; Gastin, Paul B. ; Gill, Nicholas ; Girard, Olivier ; Gregov, Cvita ; Halson, Shona ; Hammouda, Omar ; Hanzlíková, Ivana ; Hassanmirzaei, Bahar ; Hébert-Losier, Kim ; Muñoz Helú, Hussein ; Herrera-Valenzuela, Tomás ; Hettinga, Florentina J. ; Holtzhausen, Louis ; Hue, Olivier ; Dello Iacono, Antonio ; Ihalainen, Johanna K. ; James, Carl ; Joseph, Saju ; Kamoun, Karim ; Khaled, Mehdi ; Khalladi, Karim ; Kim, Kwang Joon ; Kok, Lian-Yee ; MacMillan, Lewis ; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose ; Matsunaga, Ryo ; Memishi, Shpresa ; Millet, Grégoire P. ; Moussa-Chamari, Imen ; Musa, Danladi Ibrahim ; Nguyen, Hoang Minh Thuan ; Nikolaidis, Pantelis T. ; Owen, Adam ; Padulo, Johnny ; Pagaduan, Jeffrey Cabayan ; Perera, Nirmala Panagodage ; Pérez- Gómez, Jorge ; Pillay, Lervasen ; Popa, Arporn ; Pudasaini, Avishkar ; Rabbani, Alizera ; Rahayu, Tandiyo ; Romdhani, Mohamed ; Salamh, Paul ; Sarkar, Abu-Sufian ; Schillinger, Andy ; Setyawati, Heny ; Shrestha, Navina ; Suraya, Fatona ; Tabben, Montassar ; Trabelsi, Khaled ; Urhausen, Axel ; Valtonen, Maarit ; Weber, Johanna ; Whiteley, Rodney ; Zrane, Adel ; Zerguini, Yacine ; Zmijewski, Piotr ; Ben Saad, Helmi ; Pyne, David B. ; Taylor, Lee ; Chamari, Karim

Izvornik
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (1555-0265) 17 (2022); 1-15

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
crowd-sourced data ; multinational sample ; online survey ; perception ; remote training

Sažetak
To investigate differences in athletes’ knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdownswith reference to sport classification and sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation focusing on athlete classification. Athletes (12, 526 ; 66% male ; 142 countries) completed an online survey (May–July 2020) assessing knowledge, beliefs, and practices toward training. Sports were classified as team sports (45%), endurance (20%), power/technical (10%), combat (9%), aquatic (6%), recreational (4%), racquet (3%), precision (2%), parasports (1%), and others (1%). Further analysis by sexwas performed. During lockdown, athletes practiced body-weight- based exercises routinely (67% females and 64% males), ranging from 50% (precision) to 78% (parasports). More sport-specific technical skills were performed in combat, parasports, and precision (∼50%) than other sports (∼35%). Most athletes (range: 50% [parasports] to 75% [endurance]) performed cardiorespiratory training (trivial sex differences). Compared to prelockdown, perceived training intensity was reduced by 29% to 41%, depending on sport (largest decline: ∼38% in team sports, unaffected by sex). Some athletes (range: 7%–49%) maintained their training intensity for strength, endurance, speed, plyometric, change-of-direction, and technical training. Athletes who previously trained ≥5 sessions per week reduced their volume (range: 18%–28%) during lockdown. The proportion of athletes (81%) training ≥60 min/session reduced by 31% to 43% during lockdown. Males and females had comparable moderate levels of training knowledge (56% vs 58%) and beliefs/attitudes (54% vs 56%). Changes in athletes’ training practices were sport-specific, with few or no sex differences. Team-based sports were generally more susceptible to changes than individual sports. Policy makers should provide athletes with specific training arrangements and educational resources to facilitate remote and/or home-based training during lockdown-type events.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija

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