Training Load Impact on Recovery Status in Professional Volleyball Athletes

Abstract

Introduction: The success of training depends on the balance between training load magnitude and recovery. Objective: Verify the effect of training load distribution on recovery status, vigor and fatigue in volleyball players during a season. Methods: Nine male athletes from a professional volleyball team participated in the study. During 19 weeks of the season, quantification of the training load was performed through the session rating of perceived exertion (RPE) method, evaluation of the athletes' recovery status through the Total Quality Recovery (TQR) scale, and evaluation of the profile of mood state through the POMS questionnaire, with research focus for the subscales vigor and fatigue. Results: The average total weekly training load (TWTL) was 3206 ± 685.5 A. Us and the average recovery of the whole season was 15.3 ± 0.57. The mean values of fatigue and vigor were 11 ± 3.05 and 19.4 ± 2.84, respectively. Significant differences were found for the variables RPE, fatigue and Energy Index (Vigor - Fatigue) in the three different periods of the season (Preparatory Period, Competitive Period I and Competitive Period II). Conclusion: It was concluded that the training load and recovery monitoring methods used throughout the season were effective in controlling the variables, with a positive impact of training loads verified on the recovery values presented by the athletes. Level of Evidence III; Diagnostic study.

Training Fatigue and Recovery of Throwing Athletes Based on the Comprehensive Environmental Test of the Field

“…Every action of people in sports is made by the corresponding muscles, and the work of muscles is directed by the movement center [16]. When a certain part of the human body feels slow movement and heavy weight after a certain load, it is the inhibitory reflection of the fatigue of the motor central nervous system [17]. When an athlete is fatigued, it is generally manifested as slow reflection, inattention, and muscle move-ment perception, and accurate sense of rhythm, speed, distance, and spatial orientation is weakened [18].…”

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“…Bara Filho, et al [17] identified that professional volleyball players maintained heart rates (HR) around 35.8% of the general training in zone 2 (60-70% of maximum HR), while Gabbett, et al [26] demonstrated with junior athletes of Australian volleyball that most of the time (57.4%) in the most analytical technical training athletes maintained to Wave Periodization (WP), with predominance and alternation of maximum strength, explosive strength, and strength speed between weeks and training sessions [24]. Factors such as training logistics, training days between games, distance, and number of trips, in addition to the opponent's level, are decisive for targeting the training stimuli of the sessions [18,20]. Horta, et al [4] with a professional volleyball team, demonstrated that the training loads of congested weeks with two games in the Super League were significantly lower than those of weeks without games or with just one game.…”

“…The simplicity of the method, the ease of use with large groups of athletes, in addition to its economic viability, make it an extremely practical method for programming resistance training for sports teams [12,15]. In volleyball, confirmation of the method's validity (RPE session) has already been demonstrated in several studies with the most different approaches in relation to monitoring the training load [4,[6][7][8][16][17][18][19][20]. However, most of the aforementioned approaches used global training load analyses, with a unified record of physical, technical, and tactical work performed by athletes in their routines in a single score.…”

“…TL was measured daily using the RPE session method [11], which had already been used with similar samples from professional volleyball players [4,18,20]. Approximately 30 minutes after the end of each training session, the athletes answered the question "How was your training?"…”

O impacto da pandemia da Covid-19 na performance de atletas de Voleibol de alto rendimento

“…Horta et al 25 , comparando diferentes períodos de treino da temporada, a fadiga foi significativamente maior na fase preparatória, enquanto a autopercepção de esforço foi substancialmente maior no início das fases competitivas em comparação com as fases finais. Contudo, não houve diferença significativa na qualidade da recuperação e carga de treino semanal, apesar de a fadiga ter diminuído ao longo do período analisado, mesmo sem a carga de treino ter aumentado consideravelmente.…”