Muscle Damage, Endocrine, and Immune Marker Response to a Soccer Match
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the concurrent changes in muscle damage, endocrine markers, and immune markers in response to a competitive soccer match, providing ... Read more
Monitoring Fatigue During the In-Season Competitive Phase in Elite Soccer Players
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between daily training load and various potential measures of fatigue in elite soccer players ... Read more
A Standardized Small Sided Game Can Be Used to Monitor Neuromuscular Fatigue in Professional A-League Football Players
Introduction: Training and competition load can cause neuromuscular fatigue (NMF) and modify movement strategy, such as an increase in the contribution of the medio-lateral [PlayerLoadTMML(%)] ... Read more
Effects of Training and Competition Load on Neuromuscular Recovery, Testosterone, Cortisol, and Match Performance During a Season of Professional Football
Introduction: Training load and other measures potentially related to match performance are routinely monitored in team-sport athletes. The aim of this research was to examine ... Read more
Responses to a 120 min Reserve Team Soccer Match: A Case Study Focusing on the Demands of Extra Time
The movement demands of the soccer extra time period are unknown despite the importance of this period of play. Data are presented for five English ... Read more
Planning Training Workload in Football Using Small-Sided Games’ Density
The purpose was to assess the relation between training workload and SSGs’ density. The 33 densities data (41 practice games and 3 full games) were ... Read more
The Intermittent Nature of Player Physical Output in Professional Football Matches: An Analysis of Sequences of Peak Intensity and Associated Fatigue Responses
Professional footballers experience transient periods of in-game fatigue which might affect match outcomes. Further information regarding the degree of fatigue elicited by periods of peak ... Read more
A Comparison of Methods to Quantify the In-Season Training Load of Professional Soccer Players
Purpose: To compare various measures of training load (TL) derived from physiological (heart rate [HR]), perceptual (rating of perceived exertion [RPE]), and physical (global positioning ... Read more
Individualisation of Speed Thresholds Does Not Enhance the Dose-Response Determination in Football Training
This study examined the utility of a range of approaches used to develop player-dependent speed zones in time-motion analysis (TMA), in determining the dose-response (internal ... Read more
The Effect of a Concentrated Period of Soccer Specific Fitness Training with Small-Sided Games on Physical Fitness in Youth Players
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether a concentrated period of small-sided games and high-intensity training is an effective training approach in youth soccer players. The aim ... Read more
The Influence of a Congested Calendar on Physical Performance in Elite Soccer
The aim of this study was to investigate recovery via analysis of activity profiles in a professional soccer team over an intense period of matches. ... Read more