2016, 17:00 ‐ 18:00
When do you take a meal during
the table tennis tournament?
Advice from the sports dietitian
Michiyo KIMURA, Ph.D. 1),2)
1) Takasaki University of Health and Welfare
2) JTTA Sports Science and Medicine Committee
Mizuho Adachi 2),
Shiro Matsuo, M.D. 2)
When do you take a meal during the table tennis tournament?
Advice from the sports dietitian
How do you make strong body ?
Do you know the best way
to take a meal during
the table tennis tournament?
Do you have any eating
strategies to win the game?
Can you conduct the best
dietary strategies?
Contents
1 Food guide for athletes
2 The optimal pre‐, during‐
and after‐competition meals
3 Food environment
in table tennis tournament
4 Future perspective
Contents
1 Food guide for athletes
2 The optimal pre‐, during‐
and after‐competition meals
3 Food environment
in table tennis tournament
4 Future perspective
Food Guide For Athletes Place mat (six dishes)
Japan Sports Association “Sports Shokuiku Project”
Breakfast and supper of junior player A
Breakfast and supper of junior player B
Physical fitness levels
A team players B team players
Softcall
throw
5
A team players Abdominal 4 Standing B team players
muscle 3 broad
test jump
2
1
0
Sit and 50m
reach teat sprint time
Repetitive 20m
sideways shullte run
jump test
Contents
1 Food guide for athletes
2 The optimal pre‐, during‐
and after‐competition meals
3 Food environment
in table tennis tournament
4 Future perspective
Glycogen and Energy
Starch
Complex Glucose
carbohydrate
Glycogen
Endurance
Recovery Energy
Concentration
When and what players should eat
before competition
6:00‐7:00 first game 10:00
3‐4 hours
Break fast
on the day of the competition
High carbohydrate diet
Liver and muscle glycogen ↑ Exercise performance ↑
The effect of the time of carbohydrate intake
on muscle glycogen recovery after exercise.
20
18
16
Glycogen synthesis
(μmol/g/wet wt)
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Immediately after exercise 2hour after exercise
CHO(2g/kg/BW) CHO (2g/kg/BW)
JL Ivy et al. 1988 Journal of Applied Physiology , 64, p 1480‐1485
Muscle glycogen synthesis after exercise effect of time of carbohydrate ingestion
How much foods athlete should take to restore
the glycogen levels in muscles immediately
after exercise
Male Female
Body weight 50‐70kg 40‐60kg
Steamed rice
= 150‐200g 300‐425g 240‐360g
White bread
= 60g
110‐150g 85‐130g
Pasta
= 240‐260g
160‐230g 130‐200g
Timing of supplementation before and
after competition
More than 120min Light meal
(Rice ball)
Sandwich
Not to eat much
What players should intake
in order to recover the muscle
glycogen as fast as possible after
match.
J Appl Physiol., 72, 1992
Carbohydrate‐protein complex increases
the rate of muscle glycogen recover after exercise
p<0.05
200
Muscle glycogen resynthesis rate
p<0.05
(μmol/g protein/4h)
150 p<0.05
100
50
0
CHO-PRO CHO PRO
20 After 60min muscle glycogen
concentration
15
Concentration
10 immediately after
exercise
5
0
(Terada&Urashima、2015)
CHO CHO‐FAT
CHO (1g/body weight)
+
Protein and/or Fat
↓
Rapid muscle glycogen recovery
after exercise
Contents
1 Food guide for athletes
2 The optimal pre‐, during‐
and after‐competition meals
3 Food environment
in table tennis tournament
4 Future perspective
Food environment
Functional
Nutrition Social support
education Instrumental
Informational
Eating schedule Emotional
Structural
Appraisal
Social support
Family members
Dining area
Dietitian
Food sanitation
(hygiene)
Team mate
Convenience Director
Coach Doctor
Meal serving Trainer
Nutrition balance Norms
Safety Customs and
Timing Rules of team
Environment
Background
• Table tennis players usually have to
repeat several matches in a day
in international tournament.
compete late into the night
• Especially junior players are still
in the stage of growth & development
• So players are required to have adequate
nourishment & rest.
purpose
The purposes of this study were therefore
• to survey current food environments
in junior tournament
• to gather information
to make new guideline for junior players
on food environments
in international competition.
Methods
We accompanied the Japanese cadet and junior
team (13 players) at one of the junior and cadet
open, which was held in 2015.
Match schedules and rest time between the
matches were surveyed.
In addition, we did interview survey about
dietary intake state of the Japanese junior
players.
Results Numbers of Matches Average 19±5
Player
Day
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 4 5 7 3 3 3 6 5 2 6 2 2 6
2 2 2 1 2 5 2 6 5 3
3 8 8 5 3 5 3 5 4 6 2 4 7 2
4 8 7 4 3 5 3 2 1 2 6 1 4 3
5 3 5 8 8 9 6 6 4
Total
23 25 24 19 24 16 21 10 15 20 13 18 14
matches
male female cadet junior
Results Numbers of Games Average 74±17
Player
Day
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 16 20 28 16 13 12 25 22 10 22 7 7 23
2 12 11 4 12 25 8 28 24 15
3 33 28 20 12 16 13 20 14 21 9 18 24 6
4 28 26 15 12 15 12 7 3 10 26 4 16 11
5 10 16 31 31 34 23 20 15
Total
87 90 94 83 89 64 84 39 66 80 57 71 55
games
3 1178 1006 801 423 529 491 806 616 932 332 668 841 206
4 999 934 601 423 496 454 282 132 444 958 148 561 378
Ave
776 808 942 585 589 484 677 572 733 590 529 622 472
EE
Match Type CD CS CS CD CD CS CS CD CS
Number of 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5
Games
Match Time 28 21 21 21 28 21 28 28 35
Rest Time 62 39 24 69 32 39 32 17
Between the
Matches Average Time = Only 40 min
CD=Cadet Doubles CS=Cadet Singles
Time Schedule of the Circuits (Start and End Time)
Number Date Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
1 Aug 27 ‐ 30 10:00‐20:00 10:00‐18:30 10:00‐20:30 10:00‐18:00
2 Aug 25 ‐ 29 9:30‐20:30 9:30‐18:30 9:00‐21:00 9:00‐20:15 10:00‐19:00
3 Aug 12 ‐ 15 10:00‐19:00 9:00‐18:30 9:00‐18:45 9:00‐18:40
4 Aug 7 ‐ 11 10:00‐21:00 10:00‐20:15 9:00‐22:00 10:00‐20:00 10:00‐21:00
5 Aug 6 ‐ 9 9:00‐19:00 9:00‐18:50 9:00‐19:15 10:00‐17:00
6 Aug 5 ‐ 9 10:00‐20:30 10:00‐21:00 9:30‐22:05 9:30‐22:15 10:00‐18:00
7 Jun 24 ‐ 28 9:00‐21:30 9:00‐19:00 9:00‐20:40 9:00‐20:20 10:00‐18:00
8 Jun 19 ‐ 21 9:25‐21:10 9:30‐19:55 10:00‐18:15
9 Jun 8 ‐ 12 10:00‐22:00 9:00‐21:00 9:00‐21:00 9:00‐21:00 9:30‐20:00
10 May 27 ‐ 31 9:00‐20:15 9:00‐21:00 9:00‐22:30 9:00‐22:30 9:00‐18:30
11 May 21 ‐ 24 10:00‐20:00 10:00‐20:30 10:00‐20:30 9:00‐19:30
12 May 13 ‐ 17 10:00‐20:00 10:00‐20:00 10:00‐20:50 10:00‐19:10 10:00‐18:30
13 May 11 ‐ 14 9:00‐20:00 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐19:45 9:00‐17:45
14 May 6 ‐ 10 9:00‐20:00 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐21:15 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐20:30
15 Apr 15 ‐ 19 9:00‐20:40 9:30‐21:30 9:00‐22:15 9:00‐22:30 9:00‐19:00
16 Apr 3 ‐ 6 9:00‐17:30 9:00‐17:45 9:00‐20:00 9:00‐18:15
17 Apr 3 ‐ 7 9:30‐21:00 9:00‐19:00 9:00‐21:00 9:30‐20:15 9:30‐20:00
18 Apr 1 ‐ 5 9:00‐20:50 9:00‐18:15 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐21:30
19 Mar 22 ‐ 26 9:00‐20:30 10:00‐20:00 9:00‐21:30 9:00‐21:30 10:00‐20:00
20 Mar 4 ‐ 8 9:00‐20:00 9:00‐19:45 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐19:30 9:00‐21:15
21 Feb 28 ‐ Mar 3 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐20:30 9:00‐21:00 9:00‐17:30
22 Feb 18 ‐ 22 9:00‐19:15 9:00‐19:45 9:00‐21:40 9:00‐18:50
23 Feb 11 ‐ 15 9:00‐22:00 10:00‐19:00 9:00‐20:10 9:00‐21:00 9:00‐21:00
24 Feb 3 ‐ 7 10:00‐22:00 10:00‐21:00 10:00‐20:00 9:00‐20:00 9:30‐20:00
Conclusion
•Since the match schedules seem to
be very tight in international
tournament, players sometime
have difficulty in having adequate
dietary intake and have tendency to
be energy deficient.
Contents
1 Food guide for athletes
2 The optimal pre‐, during‐
and after‐competition meals
3 Food environment
in table tennis tournament
4 Future perspective
Future Perspective
1. It is necessary for players to finish the last
match until 20:00 p.m.
If they will have to compete next day, they
have to finish the last match earlier.
2. Enough rest time should be scheduled.
Future Perspective
The organizer should
3. locate the dining hall close to
competition hall.
It is desirable for players to be able to walk
within 10 min to dining hall.
4. establish the cafeteria in the competition hall
if players are not able to have the meal time
in the schedule and /or to finish the last
match until 20:00 p.m.
Contents
1 Food guide for athletes
2 The optimal pre‐, during‐
and after‐competition meals
3 Food environment
in table tennis tournament
4 Future perspective
Thank you very much!
kimura@takasaki‐u.ac.jp