Well-being questionnaire as a tool to monitor the state of readiness in sprinter athletes

Abstract

We determined the effects of the last two days of tapering before the World Athletics Championship using a questionnaire related to the state of readiness. 4x100 m relays athletes (n=4, sprinters [age: 24.5 ± 2.5y; best performance at 100 m: 10.03 ± 0.04 seconds]) performed two training sessions. The Well-being Questionnaire was applied on each day and they were instructed to indicate the individual perception of fatigue and stress on a five-point scale. The athletes presented lowered levels of Well-being on the first day, and after the coaches regulate the training volume according to the Well-being Questionnaire reports, on the second day the athletes reported improvement in the wellbeing. The use of Questionnaires such as the Well-being Questionnaire proved to be a good predictor of the state of readiness indicating stress and fatigue in elite athletes performing the last two days of tapering before an international competition.

Keywords

• athletics
• training load
• fatigue
• stress
• taper