Protocolo de alimentación e hidratación para mejorar el rendimiento deportivo en la selección de Voleibol de ESPOL

Abstract

Volleyball, like other sports, requires physical preparation, which needs hydration and adequate nutrition. However, in the players of the national team of the “Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral”, these conditions are not optimal, so their performance is poor. For this reason, it is proposed to design a protocol of adequate hydration and nutrition habits to optimize the team's sports performance. To do this, the frequency of food consumption and physical condition, and the rate of sweating after training were evaluated in 23 students. Subsequently, talks were given due to the results obtained, a hydration and nutrition manual was prepared, and audiovisual material for dissemination was created. In this way, the results obtained showed that 99.9% of the players have a performance considered as poor. In addition, women have a higher inadequate consumption compared to men, while in both sexes there is inadequate hydration. It is concluded that the implementation of the hydration and nutrition protocol is necessary if physical fitness is to be improved. It is also recommended that this protocol be applied, and that the team's performance be evaluated in 6 months. Keywords: volleyball, hydration, sport performance, nutrition.