The effect of sleep on motor skill learning in young badminton players aged 6–9 years

Deconstructing athletes’ sleep: A systematic review of the influence of age, sex, athletic expertise, sport type, and season on sleep characteristics

“… 36 This issue is also highlighted in young athletes. 33 , 37 Student-athletes were found to sleep less that their non-athletic counterpart population. 38 Similarly, adolescent athletes had less sleep than senior athletes.…”

“…49 Because adolescent athletes tend to sleep more over the weekends to counterbalance their weekday sleep debt, their psychomotor vigilance time was found to be shorter on Monday than on Tuesday or Friday. 50 Additionally, in a study by Choi and colleagues, 33 longer sleep duration correlated with improved shuttle bouncing performance in junior badminton players.…”

“…All studies reported TST mean values shorter than 8 h/night, which is considered to be at the lowest values of the cut-off point of 7 h according to the guidelines of AASM for healthy adults. 32 Notably, the shortest mean TST was 6.3 h, which was reported in children and adolescents, 33 in contrast with the current AASM guidelines for the pediatric population, which suggest 8–12 h/night. 21 In early adulthood, average sleep duration was marginally within the suggested >7 h of sleep per night.…”

“…In regards to other health issues, low SE values are indicative of the development or establishment of health problems such as increases in systolic blood pressure 2 or lower cognitive function. 54 Also, Choi and colleagues 33 showed that higher SE was related with better shuttle bouncing performance in young badminton players.…”