Correlation between training load, performance, and perceptions of adolescent competitive swimmers

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Objective: We aimed to investigate differences in training load, performance, perceptions, and recovery between mesocycles and to investigate the correlation between these variables in adolescent competitive swimmers. Sample: Nineteen young male and female swimmers between 12 and 18 years old were monitored for 12 weeks. Outcomes: Training load was registered after every training session, and functional performance (squad jump, bench press, flexibility, sense of position), swim performance (100m front crawl sprint time, number of strokes, swim velocity, stroke frequency, distance per stroke, and stroke index), and training related perceptions (well-being, heaviness, tiredness, discomfort, and pain) were assessed weekly. A mathematical model was used to assess percentage of recovery. For that, we dichotomized each variable as recovered if the test value was better or equal to the previous week or not recovered if the test value was worse than the previous week. Then, we averaged these values according to subgroups to calculate the percentage of recovery of functional and swim performance, and sprint related perceptions. Lastly, we calculated the mean recovery from these subgroups to obtain the total recovery status.

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