Item no. | Brief name | Group | ||
Table tennis group | Fit aerobics group | Control group | ||
1 | Why | Table tennis | Fit aerobics | Control |
2 | What | Participants will be led by professional table tennis coaches for 6 months of table tennis exercise. | Participants will be led by professional fit aerobics coaches for 6 months of fit aerobics exercise. | Keep the original living habits, do not have regular exercise, regularly attend health lectures and accept telephone follow-up. |
3 | What (materials) | Participants will do 60 min of exercise three times a week. Specific exercises will be described later. | Participants will attend biweekly health talks and will be interviewed by phone once a month. | |
4 | What (procedures) | Each participant received a test report before and at 3, 6 and 12 months after the start of the exercise so that they could understand their physical and psychological changes. | ||
5 | Who provided | Table tennis coaches is the second level table tennis athlete in China from Shanghai University of Sport. The psychology-related tests were completed by Ph.D. students majoring in psychology at Shanghai University of Sport. | Fit aerobics coaches is the second level fit aerobics athlete in China from Shanghai University of Sport. The psychology-related tests were completed by Ph.D. students majoring in psychology at Shanghai University of Sport. | The health lecture was completed by Ph.D. students majoring in physical Education and training in Shanghai University of Sport, and the telephone return visit was completed by Ph.D. students majoring in psychology. |
6 | How | The exercise intervention will take place in a stationary gym, where the instructor will direct the whole group face to face. | Health lectures will be conducted face to face in a group format, and telephone return visits will be conducted one by one. | |
7 | Where | Table tennis training is held in China Table Tennis College of Shanghai Sport University. There is a professional table tennis training ground. | Fit aerobic trianing is conducted in the School of Physical Education and Training of Shanghai Sport University. There is a professional aerobics training ground. | The health lecture will be held in the conference room of school of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport. |
8 | When and how much | The table tennis (open-skill) and fit aerobics (closed-skill) groups will train for 60 min, three times a week. The exercise intensity will be monitored, ensuring that the heart rate remains in the range of 60%–70% of the maximum heart rate (HRMAX=220 – age). | Fortnightly health lectures of 30–50 min will be held. A 10 min return call once a month. | |
Each session will consist of a warm-up for 10 min, table tennis practice under the guidance of a coach for 40 min, and relaxation for 10 min. The degree of difficulty of training throughout the programme will be gradually increased. Table tennis at 50%–60% of the maximum heart rate for the first 2 weeks, followed by 60%–70% of the maximum heart rate. The training will consist of the following seven main parts: (1) footwork; (2) the serve; (3) forehand backhand attack; (4) forehand backhand loop; (5) kill shot; (6) continuous hitting of directional or nondirectional balls randomly sent by the server; and (7) comprehensive practice. All the technical movements will be from simple to complex. | The participants in the closed-skill exercise group will attend a supervised fit aerobics class of the same frequency, duration, and length as the open-skill exercise group. Fit aerobics at 50%–60% of the maximum heart rate for the first 2 weeks, followed by 60%–70% of the maximum heart rate. Each fit aerobics class will consist of warm-up activities for 10 min, basic aerobics activities for 40 min, and relaxation and stretching for 10 min. The fit aerobics training will involve the following: (1) jogging, rope skipping, and/or gymnastics to warm up and achieve a slightly sweating body, and the heart rate will be slightly faster; (2) stepping, side parallel step, side cross step, jumping jacks, lunging, kicking, and so on. Following the rhythm of the music, each action will be reduced from four sets to two sets and then to one set; (3) relax the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee joints by doing a few stretches to help relax the muscles. | |||
9 | Tailoring | Exercise interventions were performed at 50%–60% of maximum heart rate for the first 2 weeks, followed by 60%–70% of maximum heart rate. In order to ensure the safety of participants, the exercise intensity will be gradually increased, and the first 2 weeks will be mainly acclimatisation. | ||
10 | How well (planned) | Feedback will be given to each participant on a regular basis, including their physical and psychological data, as well as their motor skills learning performance. Keep them up to date on their progress and status to keep them engaged. |
TIDieR, Template for Intervention Description and Replication.