THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REPEATED SPRINT ABILITY AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between repeated sprint ability test, aerobic and anaerobic fitness in amateur team sport players. Twenty-five (mean age: 23.52 ± 2.45yrs) team sport players voluntarily participated in this study. Repeated sprint ability (RSA) was determined by a 12×20m running repeated sprint ability test with 30s intervals. Anaerobic fitness was determined by a Wingate anaerobic power (WAnT) and aerobic fitness determined by Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery test (YYIRT). Results of Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Analysis indicated significant negative correlation in best sprinting time for 0-10m (r=- 0.771; p=0.00), 0-20m (r=-0.608; p=0.01) and Peak Power. In addition significant negative correlation was observed in total sprinting time for 0-10m (r=-0.442; p=0.027) and fatigue index. There were also negative correlation between best sprinting time for 0-10m and 0- 20m and VO2max (p 0.05). In contrast no significant differences were obtained in percentage of performance decrement for any distances between the two pubertal groups (p 0.05). It is clear from the results that RSA is more strongly correlated with aerobic and anaerobic fitness.