Monitoring training loads in elite tennis DOI:10.5007/1980-0037.2010v12n3p217

Abstract

-Training load (TL) is influenced by both training volume and training intensity.A precise understanding of the TLs completed during training is crucial to achieve desirable training outcomes and to avoid overtraining. TL can be monitored in many different ways; however, we recommend the session-rate of perceived exertion (session-RPE) method for quantifying TL because of its low cost and because it is easy to understand and relatively simple to implement. In this report, we provide data regarding TLs collected during the 2008 Roland Garros Tournament. Our experience in tennis suggests the session-RPE method to be a valuable tool that can be used to control training and to avoid excessive TLs. We also believe that accurate monitoring of TL will enable the coach to better understand of the sports training process, ultimately leading to the improvement of performance. Key words: Session-RPE; Periodization; Internal training load; External training load. Resumo -A carga de treinamento (CT) é influenciada pelo volume e pela intensidade. A determinação precisa das CTs utilizadas durante o treinamento é crucial para atingir as adaptações

Session-RPE is a valuable internal loading evaluation method in beach volleyball for both genders, elite and amateur players, conditioning and technical sessions, but limited for tactical training and games

“…In line with previous studies (Coutts, et al, 2009(Coutts, et al, , 2010Impellizzeri, et al, 2004), the validity of session-RPE method in beach volleyball has been established according to its correlation to the Edwards' method (Edwards, 1993). In particular, for the lattert method, ITL is determined by summing up the scores obtained by the multiplication of the accumulated time (in minutes) spent in every of the five HR zones (related to the individual HRmax) with the corresponding coefficients (i.e., 50-60% = 1; 60-70% = 2; 70-80% = 3; 80-90% = 4; 90-100% = 5).…”

“…Even though session-RPE (with the Borg's category ratio 10 RPE scale; CR-10) was applied to quantify the athletes' ITL, no measurement of reference had been considered to establish the validity of this method for this particular team sport. Similarly, no result regarding the session-RPE validity has been provided for a study on elite tennis (Coutts, et al, 2010). Conversely, a high correlation between external and ITLs was provided in a study on youth tennis players (Murphy, et al, 2016) performing 259 individual drills, where session-RPE values actually reported a partial correlation with the ITLs determined by the HR-based method.…”

“…Based on the understanding that athletes can naturally monitor the physiological stress their bodies experience during exercise, RPE has been assessed using category-ratio (Borg, 1998;Foster, et al, 1995). As a consequence, several authors have successfully verified the entity of ITL by multiplying the athlete's RPE for total duration (expressed in minutes) of a training session (i.e., session-RPE) in steady-state (Herman, Foster, Maher, Mikat, & Porcari, 2006) and non-steady-state (Foster, et al, 1995) exercises, in endurance sports (Foster, 1998), as well as in individual (Minganti, Capranica, Meeusen, & Piacentini, 2011;Wallace, Slattery, & Coutts, 2009) and team sports (Coutts, Rampinini, Marcora, Castagna, & Impellizzeri, 2009;Coutts, Vitasovic Gomes, Viveiros, & Aoki, 2010;Lupo, Tessitore, Gasperi, & Gómez, 2017b).…”

“…However, only few studies (Aoki, et al, 2017;Coutts, et al, 2010;Murphy, Duffield, Kellett, & Reid, 2016) on the session-RPE validity were focused on return and territorial (i.e., not invasion) sports, also reporting controversial results. In particular, a study focused on volleyball (Aoki, et al, 2017) aimed to describe and compare the training periodization of two age-categories (U16 versus U19), verifying the effect of the periodized training program on ITL, mood states, and vertical jump performance of young players.…”

Validity, Reliability, and Application of the Session-RPE Method for Quantifying Training Loads during High Intensity Functional Training

“…Rate of perceived exertion is a well-established metric of an individual’s perceived level of effort during a physical task commonly used to easily quantify TL during sports activities [19,20,21]. Further, using the session rating of perceived exertion method (sRPE) for quantifying TL demonstrates good validity and reliability across various populations and age groups [22].…”