High-speed running and sprinting in professional adult soccer: current thresholds definition, match demands and training strategies. A systematic review

A Gualtieri, E Rampinini, A Dello Iacono… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The aims of this systematic review were (1) to summarize the evidence on absolute velocity
thresholds used to classify high-speed running and sprinting,(2) to examine the existing …

Performance adaptations to intensified training in top-level football

M Hostrup, J Bangsbo - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Because physical demands are surging in football (soccer, USA), clubs are more and more
seeking players who have a high capacity to perform repeated intense exercise. High …

Acceleration and sprint profiles of professional male football players in relation to playing position

JM Oliva-Lozano, V Fortes, P Krustrup, JM Muyor - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The study aims were to describe positional differences in the acceleration and sprint profiles
of professional football players in match-play, and analyse start speeds required based on …

Comparative analysis of load profile between small-sided games and official matches in youth soccer players

CD Gómez-Carmona, JM Gamonales, J Pino-Ortega… - Sports, 2018 - mdpi.com
The purposes of the present study are:(a) to characterize the external (eTL) and internal load
(iTL) of official matches and small-sided games (SSGs) in relation to their objective,(b) to …

Relationships between training workload parameters with variations in anaerobic power and change of direction status in elite youth soccer players

H Nobari, LF Tubagi Polito, FM Clemente… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to test the relationships between training workload (WL)
parameters with variations in anaerobic power and change of direction (COD) in under-16 …

Impact of contextual factors on external load during a congested-fixture tournament in elite U'18 basketball players

J Pino-Ortega, D Rojas-Valverde… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An understanding of basketball physical demands during official matches is fundamental for
designing specific training, tactical, and strategic plans as well as recovery methods during …

Effects of match location, quality of opposition and match outcome on match running performance in a Portuguese professional football team

JE Teixeira, M Leal, R Ferraz, J Ribeiro, JM Cachada… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of match location, quality of opposition and
match outcome on match running performance according to playing position in a …

Player load and metabolic power dynamics as load quantifiers in soccer

P Reche-Soto, D Cardona-Nieto… - Journal of Human …, 2019 - sciendo.com
There has recently been an increase in quantification and objective analysis of soccer
performance due to improvements in technology using load indexes such as Player Load …

Match and training high intensity activity-demands profile during a competitive mesocycle in youth elite soccer players

JM Oliva-Lozano, CD Gómez-Carmona… - Journal of human …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The monitoring of the high intensity activity-demands profile during official matches (OMs)
and training sessions (TSs) provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between …

Decomposing the variability of match physical performance in professional soccer: Implications for monitoring individuals

JM Oliva-Lozano, JM Muyor, V Fortes… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The aims of this study were to establish sources of variability in match physical performance
of professional soccer players and provide a method for monitoring individual between …