Characterization of the Weekly External Load Profile of Professional Soccer Teams From Portugal and the Netherlands

dc.creatorClemente, Filipe Manuel
dc.creatorOwen, Adam
dc.creatorSerra Olivares, Jaime
dc.creatorNikolaidis, Pantelis Theodoros
dc.creatorvan der Linden, Cornelis M., I
dc.creatorMendes, Bruno
dc.date2019
dc.date2021-04-30T17:05:08Z
dc.date2021-04-30T17:05:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-14T22:07:13Z
dc.date.available2021-06-14T22:07:13Z
dc.identifierJOURNAL OF HUMAN KINETICS,Vol.66,155-164,2019
dc.identifierhttp://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/3987
dc.identifier10.2478/hukin-2018-0054
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3300958
dc.descriptionThe purpose of this study was to analyze the day-to-day variance of a typical weekly external training workload of two professional soccer teams from different countries. Twenty-nine players from two professional teams from Portugal and the Netherlands participated in this study. The players' external load was monitored for 7 weeks, by means of portable GPS devices (10 Hz, JOHAN, Noordwijk, Netherlands). Results revealed that match day-1 (MD-1), i.e. the training day before a match, had significantly (p = 0.001) less training volume (4584.50 m) than the other days. MD-5 (training five days before a match), MD-4 (four days before a match) and MD-3 (three days before a match) were the most intense (390.83, 176.90 and 247.32 m of sprinting distance, respectively) and with large volume (7062.66, 6077.30 and 6919.49 m, respectively). Interestingly, significant differences were found between clubs of different countries (p < 0.05) with the Portuguese team showing significantly higher intensity (sprinting distance) and volume (total distance) in all days with exception of MD-1 than the Dutch team. The results of this study possibly allow for the identification of different training workloads and tapering strategies between countries in relation to volume and intensity. It should be noted, however, that both clubs used a significant tapering phase in the last two days before the competition in an attempt to reduce residual fatigue accumulation.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherDE GRUYTER POLAND SP ZOO
dc.sourceJOURNAL OF HUMAN KINETICS
dc.subjectsoccer
dc.subjectworkload
dc.subjectmicrocycle
dc.subjectexternal load
dc.subjectGPS
dc.subjecttapering
dc.titleCharacterization of the Weekly External Load Profile of Professional Soccer Teams From Portugal and the Netherlands
dc.typeArticle


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