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In-season training load quantification of one-, two- and three-game week schedules in a top European professional soccer team
| dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Rafael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brito, João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martins, Alexandre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mendes, Bruno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Calvete, Francisco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carriço, Sandro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferraz, Ricardo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marques, Mário C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-02T16:03:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-15T01:30:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Top European soccer teams that play in UEFA competitions often participate in one, two- or three-games per week. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure optimal match-day performance and full recovery. The aim of this study was to quantify internal and external training load (TL) within five microcycles: M1 and M2 - one-game weeks; M3 and M4 - two-game weeks; M5 - three-game week). Thirteen elite soccer players participated in this study. A global positioning system (GPS) was used to measure the total distance covered and distances of different exercise training zones (1-5), the session ratings of perceived exertion (s-RPE) scores and the amount of creatine kinase (CK) created during daily training sessions for the 2015-2016 in-season period. The data were analysed with respect to the number of days prior to a given match. The main results indicate that there was a significant difference in training intensity for zone 1 between M2 and M4 (4010.2 ± 103.5 and 4507.6 ± 133.0 m, respectively); a significant difference in training intensity for zone 3 between M1 and M5 (686.1 ± 42.8 and 801.2 ± 61.2 m, respectively); a significant difference in the duration of the training sessions and matches between M2 and M5 (69.2 ± 2.1 and 79.6 ± 2.3) and M3 and M5 (69.7 ± 1.0 and 79.6 ± 2.3); and finally, there was a significant difference in CK between M3 and M2 (325.5 ± 155.0 and 194.4 ± 48.9). Moreover, there was a significant decrease in TL in the last day prior to a match, for all microcycles and all variables. There was no significant difference with respect to s-RPE. This study provides the first report of daily external and internal TLs and weekly accumulated load (training sessions and match demands) during one, two, and three-game week schedules in a group of elite soccer players. Expected significant differences are found in daily and accumulated loads for within- and between-game schedules. A similar pattern is exhibited for one- and two-game week microcycles regarding the day before the match, which exhibits a decrease in all variables. Despite the different number of games played per week, TL remain similar between microcycles for zone 2 and 5, plus s-RPE. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This project was supported by the National Funds through FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (UID/DTP/04045/2013) and the European Fund for Regional Development (FEDER) allocated by European Union through the COMPETE 2020 Programme (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006969)—competitiveness and internationalization (POCI). The authors disclose funding received for this work from any of the following organizations: National Institutes of Health (NIH); Welcome Trust; Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); and other(s). | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.11.036 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9384 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1873-507X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/2613 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938418305857?via%3Dihub | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | training load quantification | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | soccer | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | congested fixture | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | GPS | pt_PT |
| dc.title | In-season training load quantification of one-, two- and three-game week schedules in a top European professional soccer team | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/UID%2FDTP%2F04045%2F2013/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 156 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 146 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Physiology and Behavior | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 201 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 5876 | |
| person.familyName | Oliveira | |
| person.familyName | Moreira de Brito | |
| person.familyName | Duarte Martins | |
| person.givenName | Rafael | |
| person.givenName | João Paulo | |
| person.givenName | Alexandre António Ferreira | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 9C16-7F53-1375 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 3315-6060-AF8C | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | D215-5493-C257 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-6671-6229 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-4357-4269 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-1524-5601 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 57205362517 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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