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Abstract
While the interest and professionalization of padel around the world, and the importance of mental fatigue in sport science literature are both on the rise, not much is known about how mental fatigue impacts padel-specific performance. Forty-eight male elite youth players (18 ± 2 y) participated in this randomized counterbalanced crossover study. The players visited the laboratory on three separate occasions: familiarization, control (i.e., 30-min documentary), and mental fatigue (i.e., 30-min incongruent Stroop) condition. The participants' perceived mental fatigue, vigilance (i.e., Psychomotor Vigilance Test) and response inhibition (i.e., Stroop task) were assessed as markers of mental fatigue. The Padel accuracy was evaluated using a validated padel-specific performance task that includes the usage of different strokes (i.e., drive, drive volley, bandeja, and drive attack after the use of the glass). All these variables were assessed pre- and post- both the control and mentally fatiguing task. A condition × time interaction was found for perceived mental fatigue, the Stroop performance and PVT reaction time (p < 0.001) and for padel-specific accuracy on all strokes (p < 0.001). The perceived level of mental fatigue increased, while PVT reaction time and Stroop performance (i.e., amount of words) were impaired in time only in the mental fatigue condition. The accuracy of all padel strokes was significantly impaired from pre to post only in the mental fatigue condition (p < 0.050). In conclusion, mental fatigue impairs padel-specific accuracy in young elite male padel players. Consequently, we recommend coaches to consider the level of mental fatigue during padel trainings and competitions
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 508-517 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | European Journal of Sport Science |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Bart Roelands is a Collen‐Francqui research professor. The research foundation Flanders kindly supported this study through a PhD research grant awarded to Jelle Habay. Bart Roelands is member of the Strategic Research Program Exercise and the Brain in Health & Disease. The rest of authors did not provide any specific aknowledgement. This research was supported by an FPU PhD candidate grant from the Government of Spain (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports) to Jesús Díaz‐García (FPU18/03660), and a collaboration between the University of Extremadura and the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (Belgium) by the application of a FPU external research grant from the Government of Spain (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports) to Jesús Díaz‐García and Bart Roelands (EST19/00829). Bart Roelands is a Collen‐Franqui research professor.
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© 2024 The Authors. European Journal of Sport Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH on behalf of European College of Sport Science.
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FWOTM1144: Underlying factors in the responsiveness to Mental Fatigue: What can interindividual differences tell us?
Roelands, B., Demey, J., Habay, J., Van Cutsem, J. & Pattyn, N.
1/11/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Fundamental