Designing a Cost-Effective Power Profile Test for Talent Identification Programs
Journal Title: Journal of Science and Cycling - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Cycling is of increasing popularity among the world. World Cycling Centre (UCI-WCC) offers training and development for around 100 talented athletes every year, with three permanent groups in the Olympic disciplines of road, track and BMX, in order to leverage their sporting careers. Human, material and financial resources could become limiting factors when performing talent identification (TID) programs. Consequently, designing a test, which can provide coaches with relevant information about the physical potential of their cyclists and an initial benchmark thanks to a simple but reliable protocol, might become an asset for the cycling industry.
Authors and Affiliations
A. Gonzalez-Tablas| 1World Cycling Centre, Aigle, Switze, E. Martin-Santana| Department of Health Sciences. European University Miguel de Cervantes, Valladolid, Spain.rland, M. Torres| 1World Cycling Centre, Aigle, Switze
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