TheLoneJuanderer
TheLoneJuanderer t1_j1o28uf wrote
Reply to comment by mjkjg2 in A study on volleyball players found that caffeinated chewing gum significantly improved attack accuracy compared to placebo. However, this did not improve results in jumping tests, running tests, and other volleyball specific-skills, including speed tests and accuracy during the volleyball serve by glawgii
I was curious too, so I looked it up. Apparently the evidence is pretty neutral for nicotine, but also, the amount of research is very limited currently.
It’s actually not prohibited by WADA, which is interesting, but I guess nicotine research isn’t very popular these days.
TheLoneJuanderer t1_j1o0zql wrote
Reply to comment by Ruhh-Rohh in A study on volleyball players found that caffeinated chewing gum significantly improved attack accuracy compared to placebo. However, this did not improve results in jumping tests, running tests, and other volleyball specific-skills, including speed tests and accuracy during the volleyball serve by glawgii
I was about to say that caffeine infused gum tastes mostly normal, but then I read what they actually took in the study: For men it was about 6 portions of gum totaling 300mg of caffeine. Basically 5-6 cups of coffee’s worth of caffeine.
Yeah… “gag” is probably the correct reaction to this…
TheLoneJuanderer t1_j1p4eff wrote
Reply to comment by BadMeetsEvil24 in A study on volleyball players found that caffeinated chewing gum significantly improved attack accuracy compared to placebo. However, this did not improve results in jumping tests, running tests, and other volleyball specific-skills, including speed tests and accuracy during the volleyball serve by glawgii
Sorry, I was thinking like espresso based drinks. A cup of drip coffee would be definitely closer to 100.