Comparisons in Work and Wellness in Pre- versus During-COVID seasons
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https://doi.org/10.12922/jshp.v10i1.186Keywords:
athlete monitoring, team sports, mental health, pandemicAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted typical training schedules and resources for university athletes. Research depicted larger levels of mental distress with the lack of normal coping mechanisms provided by exercise (Bullard, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic caused athletes to adapt their training schedules for an unknown period. With the change in social and technical support, off-season training and regular season competitions risked unforeseen changes to fitness and wellbeing. This study assessed pre-COVID (PC) and during-COVID (DC) training volume and wellness, including stress and sleep. We hypothesized training volume and wellness scores would be lower DC than PC. Data collection of 19 Division I female lacrosse athletes took place with microtechnology and self-report forms. A repeated measures analysis of variance was utilized to compare data across years on a week-by-week basis. Significant findings were detected in wellness (p = .034) and stress (p < .001) showing higher scores PC than DC, but not in sleep scores (p = .112). Muscle soreness and energy scores were higher during PC training indicated feeling better physically PC than DC. Findings suggest the COVID-19 transition did not affect sleep as hypothesized but did affect wellness and training output scores, decreasing in both at PC to DC.
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