Differences in kinematic and match-play demands between elite winning and losing wheelchair padel players

摘要

We aimed to compare the match-play and kinematic demands of the translation and rotation movements of elite wheelchair padel players as a function of match results. Twenty-two elite male players were video-analysed with a two-dimensional direct linear transformation (DLT) -corrected video system across seven matches of a professional tournament. Distance, turns, changes of direction, linear and angular speed, acceleration and the players’ heart rate (HR) were recorded. Losing couples in wheelchair padel covered greater distances than winners ( P 0.001 ; r = 0.024) and did so at a higher speed ( P 0.001; r = 0.06), while making greater efforts by accelerating ( P 0.001; ? = - 0.021), braking ( P 0.001; ? = - 0.014), and remaining less time stationary ( P 0.001; ? = 0.059). In addition, losers performed more turns per rally ( P 0.001; r = 0.04) at a faster speed, greater angular accelerations (P 0.001 ; V = 0.06) and greater average ( P = 0.007; d = 0.91) and maximum ( P = 0.20; d = 0.69) HR values. These data suggest that winner couples performed a better court positioning and employed a strategy to move the opponent during rallies in order to avoid them optimally reaching the ball.