Research summary · Training and performance
Repeated sprints improved several fitness tests in collegiate badminton players
Twenty-eight male collegiate players were randomized equally to repeated-sprint running or high-intensity interval running alongside usual badminton practice. Training lasted eight weeks with two additional sessions weekly; all participants completed the study.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Randomized controlled trial with active comparator
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Population / context
- Badminton · Male collegiate players
What the publication reports
Repeated-sprint training produced greater improvements in several aerobic measures, Wingate power, an agility test and spike-jump height. Both groups improved repeated-sprint times, second ventilatory threshold and countermovement-jump height. The pattern supports this specific conditioning option, not superiority across every outcome.
Limits and interpretation
The small, male collegiate sample and short intervention limit transfer to other players. Outcomes were physical tests rather than competitive match results. Multiple measured endpoints and no longer-term follow-up warrant caution about the breadth and durability of benefits.
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The effects of 8 weeks of repeated sprint training on aerobic endurance, anaerobic power, agility and explosive strength in college badminton players
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42052172DOI: 10.7717/peerj.21111Full text at the sourceReader discussion
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