School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2012 Sep;7(3):285-9. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.7.3.285.
Repeated-sprint ability (RSA) is now well accepted as an important fitness component in team-sport performance. It is broadly described as the ability to perform repeated short (3-4 s, 20-30 m) sprints with only brief (10-30 s) recovery between bouts. Over the past 25 y a plethora of RSA tests have been trialed and reported in the literature. These range from a single set of ~6-10 short sprints, departing every 20-30 s, to team-sport game simulations involving repeating cycles of walk-jog-stride-sprint movements over 45-90 min. Such a wide range of RSA tests has not assisted the synthesis of research findings in this area, and questions remain regarding the optimal methods of training to best improve RSA. In addition, how RSA test scores relate to player "work rate," match performance, or both requires further investigation to improve the application of RSA testing and training to elite team-sport athletes.
重复冲刺能力（RSA）现在被广泛认为是团队运动表现的重要身体素质之一。它通常被描述为在短时间内（约 3-4 秒，20-30 米）进行多次短距离冲刺的能力，两次冲刺之间只有短暂的（约 10-30 秒）恢复时间。在过去的 25 年中，已经有大量的 RSA 测试在文献中进行了试验和报道。这些测试的范围从一组约 6-10 次短距离冲刺，每次冲刺之间间隔 20-30 秒，到涉及重复循环的团队运动比赛模拟，包括在 45-90 分钟内进行走-慢跑-跨步-冲刺运动。如此广泛的 RSA 测试并没有帮助综合该领域的研究结果，关于最佳的训练方法以最好地提高 RSA 的问题仍然存在。此外，RSA 测试分数与球员的“工作率”、比赛表现或两者之间的关系还需要进一步研究，以提高 RSA 测试和训练在精英团队运动员中的应用。
