Evaluation of a sports specific training programme in badminton players.

We studied the effect of a short three week programme, dominated by specific training, on the aerobic capacity (VO 2 max) and ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VanT) of badminton players and also to evaluate the intensity of the specific training on the basis of heart rate and blood lactate concentration. The study was conducted on five women badminton players (age 13-14 yr; height 160-165 cm and weight 47.0-51.5 kg) who were semifinalists in the 1988 subjunior or junior national championships. The VO 2 max and VanT were determined at the commencement and at the cessation of the training. The VO 2 max was evaluated on an automatic analyser during a graded running protocol on a treadmill and VanT was determined by the gas exchange method from the VE-VO 2 relationship