Carbohydrate gel ingestion significantly improves the intermittent endurance capacity, but not sprint performance, of adolescent team games players during a simulated team games protocol

Ingestion of a carbohydrate gel increased intermittent endurance capacity by 21.1% in adolescent team games players.

• Participants completed two trials involving intermittent endurance and sprint performance tests.
• Consumption of 38.0 ± 5.5 g of carbohydrates per hour during exercise was associated with improved endurance.
• The duration of performance in the endurance test was longer in the carbohydrate trial compared to the placebo (4.6 ± 2.0 min vs. 3.8 ± 2.4 min).
• Distance covered during the endurance test was significantly greater with carbohydrate ingestion (787 ± 319 m vs. 669 ± 424 m).
• No significant effects were observed on sprint times or heart rate with carbohydrate gel ingestion.

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