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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a new terminology and reclassification proposal for the concept of "coadjuvant training". In the literature, this concept has been associated with post-injury recovery processes and the general area of prevention. The longstanding preferred approach to optimiser training requires a new review in order to update it. "Coadjuvant training" has evolved enormously to support the health and the performance of athletes through the inclusion of new specialists in new trends in strength training, coaching staff receptive to the benefits of these contents and an increasingly more widespread scientific evidence-based methodology. Updating and enriching this methodological approach, while also reviewing and updating its terminology, taxonomy and contents, will be conducive to progress in this field of knowledge by integrating it more effectively into "optimiser training", thus using both of them to build the methodological model of "structured training".
Keywords: coadjuvant training, team sports, optimiser training, structured training, specific qualities, physical abilities
Introduction
Two constituent and complementary forms of training which make up "structured training" need to be considered in the theory and practice of high-performance training in team sports.
On one side, the "optimiser training" (OT), i.e. training concerned with the planning, design, execution and control of training tasks and whose purpose is to optimise the athlete's performance in all the competitions in which they take part in the course of their athletic lifetime (Seirul-lo Vargas, quoted in Romero & Tous, 2010). Thus, it essentially prepares people to compete and requires that training tasks be conducted in an environment and with elements entirely specific to the game.
On the other, and in addition to OT, there is "coadjuvant training" (CT), which comprises all the factors which allow athletes to reach and maintain a state of health that enables them to perform the tasks proposed by OT on a daily basis (Seirul-lo Vargas, 1986; Seirul-lo Vargas, quoted in Romero & Tous, 2010). Moreover, it allows to optimise the components, structures and systems required by each speciality and which facilitate and bring the athlete closer to the desired level of performance (Cos, 2017). In other words, CT prepares people to train, while also leveraging elements and an environment which in part or in whole are not specific to the game...