ABSTRACT
The purpose of present study was to examine correlation between Training Load (TL), Monotony (MT), Strain (ST), AcuteChronic Work Load Ratio (ACWR), Sleep, Well-being and Incidence of Injuries over a pre competitive season. The presentstudy further compares Training load, Monotony, Strain and ACWR over seven weeks of training in a swimming team.Twelve males from the university swimming team took part in the study with the mean age of 20.41 years, mean weight 71.16kg and mean BMI 22.19. All participants who enrolled in the study were followed and monitored for a period of seven weekswhich included both training and competition. The training load was measured by Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) ×time. ACWR, strain and monotony were calculated using standard formulas. Sleep quality was measured using PittsburgSleep Quality Index and well-being was assessed using WHO -5 well-being Index. Pearson correlation coefficients was usedto examine the relationships. There were some interesting findings as very few injuries (n=3) occur during the training andno injury taking place during the competition. Interestingly, no relationship was seen between various training parametersand sleep. While strong positive relationship was seen between TL and ST (r = 0.89), TL and ACWR (r = 0.80) and ST andACWR (r = 0.78). The relationship was also found between ACWR and Well-being (r = 0.71). The findings suggest that thetraining load was well within the acceptable range as enough recovery days were provided during the training weeks. One ofthe major limitations of the present study was that it was set up in a very demanding academic environment and therefore itmay not be appropriate to generalize the findings to rest of the population or different geographical and educational settings.