Giorgio Zeppieri, Cheng-Ju Hung, Marissa Pazik, Michael Moser, Kevin Farmer, Federico Pozzi
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the organized training of softball players, similar to the abrupt cessation of sports participation that can happen after an injury. Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique model to study how sudden detraining influences softball players. METHODS: We recruited a sample of convenience of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 softball players. They participated in three data collections: pre-lockdown (Jan 2020, T1), post-lockdown (Sept 2020, T2), and before the 2021 season (Jan 2021, T3)...
February 10, 2024: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation