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

Ammann, Linda; Altmann, Stefan 1; Ruf, Ludwig; Sperlich, Billy
1 Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

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 U21 in fourth highest league vs first team in highest league). In this retrospective observational cohort study accelerations, decelerations, absolute and relative high-speed running as well as sprint distance, dynamic stress load, explosive distance, high intensity bursts total distance, high metabolic load (HML) distance, speed intensity, total distance, total time, and total loading were assessed in 416 individual player matches of 59 players. All these external load measures showed large inter-individual variability. At a group level, one-way ANOVAs or Kruskal–Wallis tests revealed statistically significant differences between the three teams for all measures analyzed (all p < 0.05), except accelerations. The first team displayed statistically significant higher dynamic stress load, explosive distance, HML distance, speed intensity, total distance and total loading compared to the two youth teams (all p < 0.05). The U18 featured statistically significant higher number of decelerations, absolute and relative high-speed running distance, high metabolic load distance, speed intensity, relative sprint distance, total distance, and total time than the U21, while for U21 higher dynamic stress load was observed than for U18 (all p < 0.05). ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000155455
Veröffentlicht am 01.02.2023
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1023378
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1664-042X
KITopen-ID: 1000155455
Erschienen in Frontiers in Physiology
Verlag Frontiers Media SA
Band 13
Seiten Art.-Nr.: 1023378
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Vorab online veröffentlicht am 04.01.2023
Schlagwörter load management, soccer, match, physical performance, long-term development, maturation, team sports
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