How mentally fatiguing is play a semiprofessional padel competition? A study of gender differences

Jesús Díaz García; Inma González; Miguel Ángel López Gajardo; David Manzano Rodríguez; David Lobo Triviño; Tomás García Calvo

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How mentally fatiguing is play a semiprofessional padel competition? A study of gender differences

JESÚS DÍAZ GARCÍA ^[2] ; Inma González ; Miguel Ángel López Gajardo ; David Manzano Rodríguez ^[1] ; David Lobo Triviño ^[1] ; Tomás García Calvo
1. [1] Universidad de Extremadura
  
  Universidad de Extremadura
  
  Badajoz, España
2. [2] Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura. Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Extremadura
Localización: Padel Scientific Journal, ISSN 2952-2218, Vol. 1, Nº 1, 2023, págs. 7-22
Idioma: inglés
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- Cómo influye la fatiga mental en los procesos cognitivos durante la competición en pádel? estudio preliminar de las diferencias de sexo
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- Purpose: To quantify the evolution of mental fatigue during an official padel competition. Also, to test the influence of gender on mental fatigue, and the correlation between fatigue, effort perceptions and motivation. Method: Mental load and fatigue, motivation and ratio of perceived exertion of 18 semi-professional padel players (11 males, Mage = 33.68, SDage = 8.36, and 7 females, Mage = 30.70, SDage = 2.36) were quantified with Likert’s scales after three official matches. Repeated measures of ANOVA, with gender like a co-variable, pairwise comparisons when significance was detected and paired t-test when significance was not detected were performed. Pearson’s test was performed to clarify the relation between variables.
  
  Results: A significant main effect in repeated measures appears for mental fatigue, without gender differences (F = 8.85; p = .02 in males; F = 5.70; p = .03 in females).
  
  This main effect has not been observed for mental load neither effort perception in both genders. Bivariate correlations also suggested that higher levels of mental fatigue and motivation increased the effort perceptions. Conclusion: Playing successive padel matches produced an accumulation of mental fatigue that increased the subjective feelings of mental fatigue. This only occurs between matches played the same day.
  
  Players with higher levels of motivation showed higher effort perceptions. They might imply more physical and cognitive resources during matches.