Comparison of two anaerobic indirect tests in professional soccer players and their correlations with aerobic performance

Abstract

To compare and correlate two anaerobic tests with aerobic power, 9 soccer players performed 3 days of evaluations: wingate (day 1), intermining yo-yo (day 2) and running anaerobic sprint test (RAST, day 3). The absolute and relative maximum power (Pmax), absolute and relative mean power (Pmed), fatigue index (IF%) and VO_2max were considered. Only Pmed relative was different between the tests (p <0.05). There were associations between absolute Pmax and Pmed with VO_2max (r = -0.69, p <0.05, r = -0.81, p <0.05) in Wingate; Between absolute Pmax and IF% with VO_2max (r = -0.83, p <0.01, r = -0.86, p <0.01) in the RAST. We conclude that only RAST has associations with aerobic capacity.

KEYWORDS
Performance evaluation; Effort test; Sports; Soccer