RELATIONSHIP AND COMPARISON OF TRAINING DESIGN AND SPORTS INJURIES

Sports injuries are major obstacles in performance in any sports at all levels of skill and age. Training sessions design becomes significant for any team with respect to both injuries as well as performance. Erratic training intensities and training volumes can not only cause injuries in players but also reduce the performance of player and team. Due to increased demands and popularity of sports more number of players is participating in competitive sports now days. In the past years interest in sport in Saudi Arabia has increased too many folds. There were no study that examined the training design and its influence on injuries in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, main aim is to study the training design and its influence on injuries in university teams in Saudi Arabia. Objectives 1. To examine correlation between training session design and incidence of sport injuries in various teams of KFUPM. 2. To compare incidence of sports injuries between competition and training sessions among various teams of KFUPM. 3. To compare incidence of injuries among different teams of KFUPM. Methodology All KFUPM teams that will take part in various Saudi university sports competitions in the year of study will be contacted to voluntarily participate in the present study. The research team will randomly select three teams from the list of teams who will agree to participate in the study. A written approval from the team authorities will be taken from the participating teams. Informed consent will be taken by each participant individually before enrolling in the study. All participants who will be enrolled in study will be closely followed and monitored for a period of 7 months which will include training and competitions. The injuries will be recorded during this period. The coach associated with specific team will monitor injuries. He will record and tabulate injuries in the specially designed format. All information gathered by the research assistant will be recorded in weekly format on daily basis. The member of research team will collect this information from the research assistant on weekly basis. Team coach and research assistants will be trained by the research team to collect data on players during training sessions and matches. Training Design Intensity of individual training sessions and matches will be estimated using a modified rating of perceived exertion scale. Borg rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale will be used to estimate training session intensity and load. Training load will be calculated by multiplying session RPE and session duration. Data pertaining to training sessions will be recorded on standard training report form. Statistical Analysis Training load will be calculated as product of session RPE and session duration. Training monotony will be calculated from the mean training divided by the standard deviation of the training load over a weak period. Pearson Product Moment Correlation will be employed to examine relationship between training load, training monotony and injuries. Descriptive statistics will be used to record means, frequencies and percentage. Differences between teams will be examined by t-tests and analysis of variance.