Sports performance or well-designed physical activities must promote physical stimulus. Thus, coaches and instructors design and apply training loads that exceed the individual capacity of an athlete or participant. The training dose is done by adjusting the training intensity and duration. Within a training program, one can distinguish external load from internal load. The external load is known as the load prescribed by the coach or instructor. The internal training load is known as the actual training load imposed on an athlete or participant and depends on individual characteristics such as age, body composition, and physical fitness. However, coaches and instructors may not be fully aware of the internal load perceived by the athletes or participants. Moreover, when the same external load is applied to different athletes or participants, the individual response can differ.
The main goal of this Research Topic is to gather new insights about the training perceptions between coaches or instructors and athletes or physical activity participants in team and individual sports (elite, professional, semi-professional, amateur, or recreative) of several age groups and both sexes.
Considering that more research needs to be conducted and published on this topic, the purpose of this Research Topic "Understanding the Perceived Rate of Exertion Between Coaches or Instructors and Athletes or Physical Activity Participants" is to publish high-quality original research, systematic reviews, and narratives focused on understanding the match or mismatch between coaches or instructors and athletes or physical activity participants in the perceived training load in several team and individual sports, as well as in different age-groups and competitive levels in both sexes.
It is critical that:
(1) coaches and instructors understand how their designed and applied training loads are perceived by their athletes or participants, and;
(2) athletes or participants understand their coaches or instructors' intentions.
Sports performance or well-designed physical activities must promote physical stimulus. Thus, coaches and instructors design and apply training loads that exceed the individual capacity of an athlete or participant. The training dose is done by adjusting the training intensity and duration. Within a training program, one can distinguish external load from internal load. The external load is known as the load prescribed by the coach or instructor. The internal training load is known as the actual training load imposed on an athlete or participant and depends on individual characteristics such as age, body composition, and physical fitness. However, coaches and instructors may not be fully aware of the internal load perceived by the athletes or participants. Moreover, when the same external load is applied to different athletes or participants, the individual response can differ.
The main goal of this Research Topic is to gather new insights about the training perceptions between coaches or instructors and athletes or physical activity participants in team and individual sports (elite, professional, semi-professional, amateur, or recreative) of several age groups and both sexes.
Considering that more research needs to be conducted and published on this topic, the purpose of this Research Topic "Understanding the Perceived Rate of Exertion Between Coaches or Instructors and Athletes or Physical Activity Participants" is to publish high-quality original research, systematic reviews, and narratives focused on understanding the match or mismatch between coaches or instructors and athletes or physical activity participants in the perceived training load in several team and individual sports, as well as in different age-groups and competitive levels in both sexes.
It is critical that:
(1) coaches and instructors understand how their designed and applied training loads are perceived by their athletes or participants, and;
(2) athletes or participants understand their coaches or instructors' intentions.
