Volk, N., & Ferrauti, A. (2024)
29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
Introduction: Optimizing sprint performance is crucial in many sports (e.g., football). In this regard, resisted and assisted sprints are commonly used training methods. There is still insufficient evidence regarding the efficiency of interventions for individuals with different preconditions and their adaptation to training. Therefore, the study aims to evaluate the effects of resisted and assisted sprint training on two groups of subjects with contrasting force-velocity profiles. Conclusion: Individual effects after a 6-week training intervention of heavy-resisted (HRS) or assisted sprint (ASS) training are not straightforward. The HRS intervention tends to produce more beneficial adaptations inacceleration-dominant measurements, while ASS training seems toimprove only speed-dominant measurements. Individual adaptations varied. However, this dataset does not provide a definitive conclusion based on initial F-v slope and training group. There are small indications that subjects with a flatter F-v slope (VD) might benefit from HRS. Data collection is ongoing.
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