Carron Michael A, Scanlan Aaron T, Doering Thomas M
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton 4701, Australia.
St Brendan's College Yeppoon, Rockhampton 4703, Australia.
Sports (Basel). 2024 Sep 12;12(9):251. doi: 10.3390/sports12090251.
The adolescent development period is critical for rugby league athletes, given the physical growth, neuromuscular adaptation, and skill acquisition that occurs. Secondary schools play an important role in the development of adolescent rugby league players; however, players may be selected into rugby league academies and development programs outside of school, as well as participating in additional sports. In turn, the training loads these young athletes accrue and the implications of these loads are currently unknown. Our aim was to quantify the training loads and concomitant changes in physical qualities of schoolboy and adolescent rugby league players during mesocycles within the pre-season and in-season phases.
This is a prospective experimental study.
Twenty-one schoolboy rugby league players (16.2 ± 1.3 years) were monitored across separate 4-week mesocycles in the pre-season and in-season. Session frequency, duration, and the session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) load were reported for all examples of training and match participation in the school rugby league program, as well as club and representative teams for any sport and personal strength and conditioning. Various physical qualities were assessed before and after each 4-week mesocycle.
The sRPE load that accumulated across the 4-week mesocycles was higher in the pre-season than the in-season (8260 ± 2021 arbitrary units [AU] vs. 6148 ± 980 AU, < 0.001), with non-significant differences in accumulated session frequency and duration between phases. Session frequency, duration, and sRPE load differed ( < 0.05) between some weeks in an inconsistent manner during the pre-season and in-season mesocycles. Regarding physical qualities, improvements ( < 0.05) in the 10 m sprint test, Multistage Fitness Test, medicine ball throw, and 1-repetition maximum back squat and bench press performances were evident across the pre-season mesocycle, with declines ( < 0.05) in the 505-Agility Test, L-run Test, and 1-repetition maximum back squat performances across the in-season mesocycle. : These novel training load data show schoolboy rugby league players experience considerable demands that may be suitable in developing several physical qualities during the pre-season but detrimental to maintaining such qualities across the in-season.
鉴于青少年时期会经历身体生长、神经肌肉适应以及技能习得，这一发育阶段对橄榄球联盟运动员至关重要。中学在青少年橄榄球联盟运动员的培养中发挥着重要作用；然而，运动员可能会被选入校外的橄榄球联盟学院和发展项目，同时还会参与其他运动。相应地，这些年轻运动员积累的训练负荷及其影响目前尚不清楚。我们的目的是量化在校男生和青少年橄榄球联盟运动员在季前赛和赛季中的中周期内的训练负荷以及身体素质的相应变化。
这是一项前瞻性实验研究。
对21名在校男生橄榄球联盟运动员（16.2±1.3岁）在季前赛和赛季中分别进行为期4周的中周期监测。记录了学校橄榄球联盟项目、俱乐部以及任何运动项目的代表队和个人力量与体能训练中所有训练和比赛参与情况的训练次数、时长以及主观用力程度（sRPE）负荷。在每个4周的中周期前后评估了各种身体素质。
4周中周期内积累的sRPE负荷在季前赛高于赛季中（8260±2021任意单位[AU]对6148±980 AU，<0.001），各阶段积累的训练次数和时长无显著差异。在季前赛和赛季中的中周期内，某些周的训练次数、时长和sRPE负荷以不一致的方式存在差异（<0.05）。关于身体素质，在季前赛中周期内，10米短跑测试、多级体能测试、药球投掷以及1次最大重复量深蹲和卧推成绩有明显提高（<0.05），而在赛季中周期内，505敏捷性测试、L型跑测试以及1次最大重复量深蹲成绩有所下降（<0.05）。：这些新的训练负荷数据表明，在校男生橄榄球联盟运动员面临着相当大的训练需求，这些需求在季前赛期间可能有助于培养多种身体素质，但在赛季中不利于维持这些素质。
