Menting, S.G.P. (Stein) (2017) Pacing behaviour and performance of novice youth exercisers: analysing the influence of previous experience and opponents in a 2km cycling trial. thesis, Sport Sciences.
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Purpose: To study the pacing behaviour of novice youth exercisers in a controlled setting. Method: Ten healthy participants (seven male, three female. Age: 15.8±1.0 years old) completed four 2km trials on a Velotron cycling ergometer. The first visit consisted of a familiarization time trial. The second through fourth visits involved three different conditions, in randomized order, which included no opponent (NO), a virtual opponent who started slower and finished faster (OP-SLOWFAST), and a virtual opponent who started faster and finished slower (OP-FASTSLOW). Repeated measurement ANOVAs (p < 0.05) were used to evaluate performance and pacing behaviour through mean power output, finishing time, split times and RPE. Before each trial a questionnaire was taken involving questions on motivation, expected performance and expected finishing time. Results: There was a significant increase in power output (F3,27=5.651, p=0.004, η2p=0.386) and decrease in finishing time (F3,27=9.972, p<0.001, η2p=0.526) between visit 1 and visits 2, 3 and 4 (visit 1: 240.50±27.37s, 181.03±46.36W, visit 2: 228.33±21.12s, 228.97±18.40W, visit 3: 227.69±20.97s, 195.70±41.08W, visit 4: 199.54±43.87s, 193.50±39.84W). The RPE score of the 500m segment was higher during visit 1 compared to visits 3 and 4, and during visit 2 compared to visit 4. No significant difference in performance, pacing behaviour or RPE score was found between the different conditions. Conclusion: Performance of novice youth exercisers increased after only one visit, most probably through the increase in the ability to anticipate the future workload. The anticipation of workload during exercise is theorized to facilitate a change of pacing behaviour over a longer period of time. The novel findings of the current study could form building blocks for future research into the development of performance and pacing behaviour during adolescence.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Elferink-Gemser, dr. M.T. and Hettinga, F.J. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 10:26 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3255 |
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