Improvement and Variability of Adolescent Backstroke Swimming Performance by Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7780615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Khaled Alshdokhi, Khaled Abdullah Alshdokhi (University of Canterbury), Carl Petersen (0000-0003-3872-914X, University of Canterbury, corresponding author), C Clarke (0000-0003-0900-5169, University of Canterbury), Jenny Clarke |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 46-46 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2624-9367 • E-ISSN: 2624-9367 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fspor.2020.00046 |
| PMID | 33345038 |
| OpenAlex | W3020781838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
To predict future performance, coaches rely on their previous experiences with a relatively small number of adolescent competitive swimmers to estimate the rate of improvement. The purpose of this study is to quantify the annual change in competition performance as backstroke swimmers mature. Data from 2006 to 2017 provided 9,956 swimming years of accumulated data which was used to estimate the rate of improvement of male and female backstroke swimmers as they aged from 8 to 18 years. Swimming performance improved rapidly between 8 and 13 years, and improvements diminished as swimmers approached their performance potential around 18 years old. These results provide accurate age-based progression data for adolescent backstroke swimmers, providing baseline performance prediction for coaches to predict future performance as swimmers mature, and providing a measure against which potential improvements from novel coaching and training methods can be objectively evaluated
Coaching · Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports injuries and prevention · Sports Performance and Training
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |