Testing and profiling athletes: recommendations for test selection, implementation, and maximizing information

J Weakley, G Black, S McLaren… - Strength & …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Understanding the physical qualities of athletes can lead to improved training prescription,
monitoring, and ranking. Consequently, testing and profiling athletes is an important aspect …

Methods of monitoring internal and external loads and their relationships with physical qualities, injury, or illness in adolescent athletes: A systematic review and best …

C Dudley, R Johnston, B Jones, K Till, H Westbrook… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background With the increasing professionalisation of youth sports, training load monitoring
is increasingly common in adolescent athletes. However, the research examining the …

[HTML][HTML] Do non-contact injuries occur during high-speed running in elite football? Preliminary results from a novel GPS and video-based method

F Aiello, C Di Claudio, M Fanchini… - Journal of science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Understanding how injuries occur (inciting circumstances) is useful for
developing etiological hypotheses and prevention strategies that can be tested. The aims of …

The relationship between wellness and training and match load in professional male soccer players

RFS Oliveira, R Canário-Lemos, R Peixoto… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The aims of this study were to:(i) analyse the within-microcycle variations in professional
soccer players;(ii) analyse the relationships between wellness and training and match load …

Training and match load ratios in professional soccer–should we use player-or position-specific match reference values?

L Ammann, S Altmann - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Careful load management is needed to optimize the physical capacity, a key performance
component, of soccer players. The training load of soccer players is often expressed as a …

Advancing and critical appraisal of an integrative load monitoring approach in microcycles in professional soccer

L Ammann, L Ruf, A Beavan, P Chmura, S Altmann - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Despite load monitoring being considered an integral part of targeted performance
management, including injury and illness prevention, there is currently no consensus of an …

Techniques to derive and clean acceleration and deceleration data of athlete tracking technologies in team sports: A scoping review

S Ellens, K Middleton, PB Gastin… - Journal of Sports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The application of acceleration and deceleration data as a measure of an athlete's physical
performance is common practice in team sports. Acceleration and deceleration are …

Are non-starters accumulating enough load compared with starters? Examining load, wellness, and training/match ratios of a European professional soccer team

R Oliveira, R Canário-Lemos, R Morgans… - BMC Sports Science …, 2023 - Springer
Background The aims of the study were to:(i) compare accumulated load and wellness
between starters and non-starters of a European professional soccer team;(ii) analyze the …

Seasonal analysis of match load in professional soccer players: an observational cohort study of a Swiss U18, U21 and first team

L Ammann, S Altmann, L Ruf, B Sperlich - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study was to quantify and compare various external match load measures in
three age groups and leagues in male soccer (U18 in highest league of their age group vs …

The speed and acceleration of the ball carrier and tackler into contact during front-on tackles in rugby league

J Parmley, B Jones, S Whitehead, G Rennie… - Journal of sports …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The aim was to use a combination of video analysis and microtechnology (10 Hz global
positioning system [GPS]) to quantify and compare the speed and acceleration of ball …