USE OF SESSION RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION IN JUDO

Initially, we would like to thank the authors of the Letter to the Editor for the interest and attention to our article 1 . The concern about the training load control is actually intrinsic both to the academic community and the professionals who participate in the Sports routine. Undoubtedly, the search for solutions for the reliable monitoring of the training load, in a more accessible and coherent with the demands of a practice based on evidence, is a crucial issue. Six points have been mentioned in the letter which will be treated accordingly, following the order they were presented. We also thank for the opportunity to clarify and explain some aspects which may have not been suitably presented/ discussed in the original article. Before we start the discussion on the six topics, it is first important to mention that we did not intend to question in any moment the quality of the prescribed training by the coaches who participated in our study 1 . The success of this modality in the international scenario (World Championships and Olympic Games) is unquestionable. Judo is responsible for considerable number of Olympic medals won by Brazil, and was behind only Sailing. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify that the results interpretation presented in our article 1 does not go through reflexion/ judgment on the quality of the Judo training, not only for not being the aim in our study but also for its delimitations would not enable such inferences and generalizations. In the Letter to the Editor it is suggested that “the conclusion is at first surprising”; however, we do not understand the reason for the “surprise”. This excerpt of the Letter to the Editor seems to reflect much more a personal and specific opinion of its authors rather than effectively a hypothesis. The formulation of a reasonable hypothesis, based on previous investigation on the theme, would be existence of incompatibility in the perception concerning the training load intensity between coaches and athletes. Studies previously published in other sports modali