Comparing autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise and velocity-based resistance training on jump performance in college badminton athletes

Zijing Huang; Hongshen Ji; Lunxin Chen; Mingyang Zhang; Jiaxin He; Wenfeng Zhang; Xin Chen; Jian Sun; Junyi Song; Duanying Li

doi:10.7717/peerj.15877

Comparing autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise and velocity-based resistance training on jump performance in college badminton athletes

PeerJ. 2023 Aug 7:11:e15877. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15877. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zijing Huang^#¹, Hongshen Ji^#², Lunxin Chen¹, Mingyang Zhang¹, Jiaxin He², Wenfeng Zhang¹, Xin Chen¹, Jian Sun², Junyi Song³, Duanying Li²

Affiliations

¹ Digitalized Performance Training Laboratory, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² Sports Training Institute, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ Graduate School, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Objectives: Jumping ability has been identified as a key factor that influences the performance of badminton athletes. Autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise (APRE) and velocity-based resistance training (VBRT) are commonly used approaches to enhance muscle strength and have been shown to accurately monitor the development of explosive power to improve jumping ability. This study aims to investigate the effects of APRE and VBRT on badminton athletes' jumping ability and to provide practical insights into improving their jumping performance during competitions.

Methods: Upon completing familiarization and pretesting, 18 badminton athletes were included and completed the training intervention (age, 21.4 ± 1.4 years; stature, 170.1 ± 7.3 cm; body mass, 65.9 ± 12 kg); they were randomly divided into the APRE group (n = 9) and VBRT group (n = 9). Jumping performance was assessed during the countermovement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ), and drop jump (DJ) via SmartJump, with CMJ 's and SJ's jump height, eccentric utilization ratio (EUR), and reactive strength index (RSI). All participants then completed a 4-week in-season resistance training intervention.

Results: (1) The results of the within-group indicated that only the CMJ (pre: 41.56 ± 7.84 vs post: 43.57 ± 7.85, p < 0.05) of the APRE group had significant differences, whereas the SJ, EUR, and RSI were not significantly different (p > 0.05). (2) The results of the intergroups revealed that all indicators had no significant differences (p > 0.05), but APRE had a moderate effect size on the improvement of the CMJ (η² = 0.244) and EUR (η² = 0.068) when compared with VBRT.

Conclusions: The results showed that, compared to VBRT, APRE can effectively improve the performance of the reactive athletes' lower limb explosive power in the CMJ in a shorter period of time. The findings indicate that APRE may be useful for coaches seeking to improve the CMJ performance of athletes in the short term.

Keywords: Autoregulating progressive resistance exercise; Jumping ability; Velocity-based resistance training.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Athletes
Exercise
Humans
Muscle Strength / physiology
Racquet Sports*
Resistance Training* / methods
Young Adult

Grants and funding

The authors received no funding for this work.