Power output produced during the cycling Power Profile is associated with match-running performance in elite Australian Rules Football
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https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.249Keywords:
physiology, team sport, CyclingAbstract
Australian Rules Football (ARF) match-play requires a high aerobic energy contribution interspersed with near-maximal sprinting. To help prepare for these demands, cycling is a widely used cross-training tool. However, relationships between cross-training performance measures and game-running outputs are unknown.
Data was collected from 50 athletes from one elite ARF club over a three-year period. The cycling Power Profile was completed at the beginning of each pre-season period (November). Mean power output (PO) for maximal efforts over 6s, 15s, 30s, 1min and 4min durations were recorded. During in-season games, total distance completed (TD), total high-speed running distance (HSR; >14.4 km.h-1) and sprint distance (>25.0 km.h-1) were collected via global positioning systems. Relationships between performance in the cycling Power Profile and game-running outputs were assessed utilising linear mixed models.
Higher 6s PO was associated with higher sprint distance covered in games (7.4%, 13m, p<0.001). Higher 15s PO was associated with higher total HSR (6.1%, 147m, p<0.001), but lower TD (-1.4%, -183m, p<0.001). Higher 30s PO was associated with reduced sprint distance (-9.0%, -16m, p=0.04). Higher 1min PO was associated with reduced sprint distance (-20.3%, -37m, p<0.001) and HSR distance (-8.0%, -194m, p=0.02). Higher 4min PO was associated with higher TD (10.4%, 1338m, p<0.001) and HSR (30.1%, 872m, p<0.001) but had no effect on sprint distance.
Players physiological profile characterised by the cycling Power Profile in pre-season appear to be associated with the running profile of players during in-season matches in elite Australian Football.
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