Advances in Physical Education

Volume 9, Issue 4 (November 2019)

ISSN Print: 2164-0386   ISSN Online: 2164-0408

Google-based Impact Factor: 1.25  Citations  

Training Volume and Intensity of Physical Activity among Young Athletes: The Health Promoting Sports Club (HPSC) Study

HTML  XML Download Download as PDF (Size: 382KB)  PP. 270-287  
DOI: 10.4236/ape.2019.94019    719 Downloads   4,497 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

Both training volume and overall physical activity (PA) play a role in young athletes’ sports performance and athletic development. The purpose of this study was to describe the training volume and PA of young athletes in endurance, aesthetics, ball games, and power sports. Questionnaire data (n = 671) were obtained from 15-year-old Finnish athletes on sports participation, along with accelerometer data (n = 350) assessing the amount and intensity of their PA. The athletes’ mean weekly training volume was 11 h 41 min. Objectively assessed PA amounted to 4 h 31 min daily, out of which 1 h 31 min was at a level of moderate-to-vigorous intensity (MVPA). Among 24% of the athletes, the weekly training volume (in hours) exceeded the recommended level of age-in-years, which might increase their risk of sports injuries. At the same time, one in six athletes (16%) did not—on average—reach the internationally recommended threshold level of at least 60 minutes of MVPA per day. Compared to girls, boys averaged 2.5 more hours of training per week, and had 21 more minutes of MVPA per day. Moreover, boys had a higher goal orientation than girls, with 52% of the boys and only 29% of the girls focused on success at adult level. Although total training volume and PA did not differ among sports types, there were differences in training forms, and in the proportions of MVPA. The young athletes were found to vary greatly in training forms, training volumes, MVPA, and goal orientation; hence, training should be planned individually, both for team sports and individual sports.

Share and Cite:

Aira, T. , Salin, K. , Vasankari, T. , Korpelainen, R. , Parkkari, J. , Heinonen, O. , Savonen, K. , Alanko, L. , Kannas, L. , Selänne, H. , Villberg, J. , Vähä-Ypyä, H. and Kokko, S. (2019) Training Volume and Intensity of Physical Activity among Young Athletes: The Health Promoting Sports Club (HPSC) Study. Advances in Physical Education, 9, 270-287. doi: 10.4236/ape.2019.94019.

Cited by

[1] Differences in Adolescent's Cardiometabolic Health: A Comparison Regarding Guided Team and Endurance Sports
Hadmaș - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022
[2] Privacy-Preserving Sports Wearable Data Fusion Framework
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022
[3] Leakage prediction in machine learning models when using data from sports wearable sensors
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022
[4] Tech Optimization in Cybersecurity Defenses by Advanced ML Methods: The Use Case of Volleyball Industry
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022
[5] Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time
2021
[6] Individual vs. Team Sports—What's the Better Strategy for Meeting PA Guidelines in Children?
International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2021

Journals Menu
Follow SCIRP
Contact us
+1 323-425-8868
customer@scirp.org
WhatsApp +86 18163351462(WhatsApp)
Click here to send a message to me 1655362766
Paper Publishing WeChat

Copyright © 2024 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

Creative Commons License

This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.