Estimation of the players maximum heart rate in real game situations in team sports: a practical propose

Abstract

Abstract This research developed a logarithms for calculating the maximum heart rate (max. HR) for players in team sports in game situations. The sample was made of thirteen players (aged 24 ± 3 ) to a Division Two Handball team. HR was initially measured by Course Navette test. Later, twenty one training sessions were conducted in which HR and Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE), were continuously monitored, in each task. A lineal regression analysis was done to help find a max. HR prediction equation from the max. HR of the three highest intensity sessions. Results from this equation correlate significantly with data obtained in the Course Navette test and with those obtained by other indirect methods. The conclusion of this research is that this equation provides a very useful and easy way to measure the max. HR in real game situations, avoiding non-specific analytical tests and, therefore laboratory testing.. Key words: workout control, functional evaluation, prediction equation.

Keywords

• control del entrenamiento
• valoración funcional
• fórmula predictiva