INVESTIGATION OF THE PERFORMANCE RESPONSES OF YO-YO AND SHUTTLE RUN TESTS WITH THE TREADMILL RUN TEST IN YOUNG SOCCER PLAYERS

Year 2012, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 104 - 112, 15.09.2012

Utku Alemdaroğlu

Abstract

The objectives of the current study were twofold : a) to determine the relationship between performance in the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1  (YIRT1), 20-m multi-stage shuttle run test (MST) with measured maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max) in Treadmill test (TRT), b) to examine the differences in heart rate (HR) responses to the YIRT, MST and treadmill tests (TRT) in young soccer players. Thirteen amateur soccer players ( mean age: 15.38±0.51, mean height: 177.38±5.53cm, body mass 69.36± 5.48kg, VO2max 60.22 ± 1.47 ml/kg/min) volunteered for the study. Comparisons were made using ANOVA and the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r) was used to determine the relationship between the players’ performance and VO_2max. There was no differences found among the HR_max values of YIRT, MST and TRT. There was found significant correlation between  VO_2max and both YIRT and MST performance respectively (r=.89 and r= 78) (p<0.05). Both MST ant YIRT could be used to determine HR_max of soccer players and also MST and YIRT have strong relationship with VO_2max, thus they may also be used in order to assessment of soccer player’s endurance performance as field-based test.

Keywords

Soccer, Shuttle Run Test, Yo-Yo Test, VO2max

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