(1.School of Physical Education,Northeast Normal University,Changchun 130024,China;2.School of Physical Education,Northeast Dianli University,Changchun 132012,China) Abstract: By applying the critical power theory, coupled with the characteristics of energy supply by dragon boat event players at different distances, the authors probed into means to train the physical capacity of the players by applying a dragon boat dynamometer, established mathematical models P t, D-t, D-P and P-D-1 for dragon boat players, found intervals for critical power training at different distances, and revealed the following findings: 1) model P-t is nonlinear; the curve bottom is close to the critical power point; 2) model D-t is linear; the slope of the straight line represents the critical power value; 3) model D-P is nonlinear; the critical power value (CP) is the point of intersection of a asymptote of this hyperbola function and the power (horizontal axis); 4) model P-D-1 is linear; the intercept represents the aerobic working ability of the players, while the slope of the function represents the an-aerobic working ability of the players. Key words: sports training;dragon boat;critical power |