Nobari, HadiOliveira, Rafael2026-04-202026-04-202024Nobari, H., Oliveira, R. (2024). Manipulation and Delivery of Training Load Into a Seasonal Schedule. In: Oliva Lozano, J.M., Ardigò, L.P. (eds) Training Load in Professional Soccer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52087-7_8http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/6086Training load monitoring has become a mandatory practice in professional and nonprofessional soccer. The aim of this chapter was to describe the common practices on the manipulation of the training load and how to deliver a better intensity in a season schedule. To accomplish these aims, this chapter described information on periodization concepts and practical example on the load applied during mesocycles and microcycles with one, two, and three matches. The information of this chapter contextualized that mesocycles from preseason and from the beginning of the season (first three mesocycles) provided higher load when compared with the remaining mesocycles of the season. Considering data from microcycles, matches revealed to be the days with the highest intensity, being followed by training sessions of middle days of the week. Specifically, higher load was found between 5 and 3 days before the match, while the lowest values were found on the day before the match. This chapter intends to present information on how to organize different seasonal schedules for weeks with one match or congested weeks (i.e., more than one match per week). The topic about training load is frequent and constitutes a daily practice in professional clubs (Weston 2018). Recently, the term “load” was discussed and its replacement with the term “intensity” was suggested by the “International System of Units” (Staunton et al. 2021). To avoid confusion to the readers, “training load” was used in this chapter according to a significant number of research, although intensity may be a better definition.engexternal loadinternal loadmatch schedulematch loadload quantificationbook part10.1007/978-3-031-52087-7_8