Does 2000-m rowing ergometer performance time correlate with final rankings at the World Junior Rowing Championship? A case study of 398 elite junior rowers

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Pavle Mikulić
• Author: Tomislav Smoljanović
• Author: Ivan Bojanić
• Author: Jo Hannafin
• Author: Željko Pedišić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences

Abstract (english)

In this study, we assessed the extent to which 2000-m rowing ergometer performance predicted final rankings at the World Junior Rowing Championship in a sample of 398 junior rowers competing in 13 events. The rowers' ergometer performance times were examined using a questionnaire, and in all 13 events they correlated (P < or = 0.039) with the final rankings at the Championship. The strongest correlations were observed for ergometer performance times in junior women's single sculls (r = 0.92; P < 0.001), followed by junior men's single sculls (r = 0.80; P < 0.001) and junior women's double sculls (r = 0.79; P < 0.001). The observed correlations were higher for smaller boats - singles, doubles, and pairs (r = 0.64-0.92; P < or = 0.025) - than for larger boats - quads, fours, and eights (r = 0.31-0.70; P < or = 0.039). Linear regression analyses were used to construct regression equations to predict final rankings based on 2000-m rowing ergometer performance times for each event. Although correlations in 10 of the 13 events were above r = 0.5, the large standard errors of the estimate impaired the prediction of rankings in all of the studied events. Using these equations, the most probable rowing ergometer performance times required for a particular ranking in a given rowing event might easily be calculated.

• Keywords (english): Adolescent; Athletic Performance/classification; Competitive Behavior/physiology; Ergometry; Female; Humans; Male; Questionnaires; Regression Analysis; Ships; Time Factors
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Accepted version
• Journal title: Journal of Sports Sciences
• Numbering: vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 361-366
• p-ISSN: 0264-0414
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410802600950
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:517814
• Publication: 2009-02-15
• Document URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410802600950
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-03-28 11:32:03