Strategy and test rate in athletic events: Difference between the terms, regulatory mechanisms and their determinants and influencing factors
Abstract
In the last 20 years, several studies have focused on exercises simulating a more realistic scenario of competition, such as time trials. In this type of exercise, athletes can consciously determine your pacing strategy before the trial as well as adjust their pacing consciously or subconsciously, depending on some factors. Thus, because it is considered currently a hot topic of the sport sciences, the purpose of this review is to address the main regulatory mechanisms and determinants and influencers of pacing strategy and pacing, respectively, aside to clarify the doubts about the terms 'pacing strategy' and 'pacing', which has often been used interchangeably.
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