Maximum Distance and High-Speed Distance Demands by Position in NCAA Division I Collegiate Football Games

Extensive research into women’s collegiate soccer is scarce, leaving gaps in the literature with little information available detailing the physical demands at different standards of play. Our purpose was to elucidate the physical demands of the Division I collegiate level and identify differences between playing positions. Twenty-three field players were observed during four competitive seasons using 10-Hz GPS units (Catapult Sports, Melbourne, Australia). Descriptive statistics and 95% confidence intervals were used to determine group and position-specific physical demands. Linear mixed modelling (LMM) was used to compare attacker, midfielder, and defender position groups. Total distance, high-speed distance, and sprint distance were 9486 ± 300 m, 1014 ± 118 m, and 428 ± 70 m, respectively. Furthermore, attackers were observed to cover the greatest distance at all speeds compared to midfielders and defenders. Our findings suggest that the physical demands of Division I women’s soccer differ by position and appear lower compared to higher standards of play. Therefore, coaches and sports scientists responsible for the physical training of Division I collegiate players should consider the specific physical demands of the collegiate level and playing position when prescribing training, as well as in the development of their annual training programs.

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Regular- and postseason comparisons of playing time and measures of running performance in NCAA Division I women soccer players

Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism ◽

10.1139/apnm-2014-0560 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 40 (9) ◽

pp. 907-917 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Adam J. Wells ◽

Jay R. Hoffman ◽

Kyle S. Beyer ◽

Mattan W. Hoffman ◽

Adam R. Jajtner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ncaa Division I ◽

High Intensity ◽

High Speed ◽

Division I ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Running Performance ◽

Transient Motion ◽

Absolute Time ◽

Low Intensity ◽

Playing Time

The management of playing time in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) soccer athletes may be a key factor affecting running performance during competition. This study compared playing time and running performance between regular-season and postseason competitions during a competitive women’s soccer season. Nine NCAA Division I women soccer players (age, 21.3 ± 0.9 years; height, 170.3 ± 5.7 cm; body mass, 64.0 ± 5.8 kg) were tracked using portable GPS devices across 21 games during a competitive season (regular season (n = 17); postseason (n = 4)). Movements on the field were divided into operationally distinct thresholds defined as standing/transient motion, walking, jogging, low-speed running, moderate-speed running, high-speed running, sprinting, low-intensity running, and high-intensity running. A significant increase in minutes played (+17%, p = 0.010) was observed at postseason compared with the regular season. Concomitant increases in time spent engaged in low-intensity running (LIR: +18%, p = 0.011), standing/transient motion (+35%, p = 0.004), walking (+17%, p = 0.022), distance covered while walking (+14%, p = 0.036), and at low intensity (+11%, p = 0.048) were observed. Performance comparisons between the first and second half within games revealed a significant decrease (p ≤ 0.05) in high-speed and high-intensity runs during the second half of the postseason compared with the regular season. Changes in minutes played correlated significantly with changes in absolute time spent engaged in LIR (r = 0.999, p < 0.001), standing/transient motion (r = 0.791, p = 0.011), walking (r = 0.975, p = 0.001), jogging (r = 0.733, p = 0.025), distance covered while walking (r = 0.898, p < 0.001) and low-intensity activity (r = 0.945, p < 0.001). Negative correlations were observed between minutes played and absolute time sprinting (r = −0.698, p = 0.037) and distance covered sprinting (r = −0.689, p = 0.040). Results indicate that additional minutes played during the postseason were primarily performed at lower intensity thresholds, suggesting running performance during postseason competitions may be compromised with greater playing time in intercollegiate women’s soccer.

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Comparison of Reporting Systems to Determine Concussion Incidence in NCAA Division I Collegiate Football

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine ◽

10.1097/00042752-200303000-00005 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 93-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Mark A. Booher ◽

John Wisniewski ◽

Bryan W. Smith ◽

Asgeir Sigurdsson

Keyword(s):

Ncaa Division I ◽

Division I ◽

Reporting Systems ◽

Collegiate Football

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Frequency of Head-Impact–Related Outcomes by Position in NCAA Division I Collegiate Football Players

Journal of Neurotrauma ◽

10.1089/neu.2014.3582 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 314-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Christine M. Baugh ◽

Patrick T. Kiernan ◽

Emily Kroshus ◽

Daniel H. Daneshvar ◽

Philip H. Montenigro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ncaa Division I ◽

Head Impact ◽

Division I ◽

Football Players ◽

Collegiate Football

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Effects of the 1984 Supreme Court Ruling on the Television Revenues of NCAA Division I Football Programs

Journal of Sport Management ◽

10.1123/jsm.3.2.79 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 79-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

L. Marlene Mawson ◽

William T. Bowler

Keyword(s):

Supreme Court ◽

Ncaa Division I ◽

National Collegiate Athletic Association ◽

Division I ◽

Court Ruling ◽

Supreme Court Ruling ◽

Football Programs ◽

Division I Football ◽

Game Attendance ◽

Collegiate Football

The 1984 Supreme Court ruling in the antitrust suit between the Universities of Oklahoma and Georgia, representing the College Football Association (CFA), versus the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) provided mat individual institutions had proper authority to sell television rights to their football games. The NCAA had controlled television appearances of collegiate football teams with the rationale of preventing erosion of game attendance due to televised home football games. Records of home games televised, television revenues from football games, and attendance at televised football games were gathered from 57% of NCAA Division I institutions and compared for a 3-year period prior to the 1984 ruling, with a 3-year period following the ruling. Four sets oft tests between mean data for the pre- and posttime periods showed that although the number of games scheduled per season remained the same, the number of televised football games significantly increased, the television revenues from football remained constant, and attendance at televised home football games decreased significantly after the 1984 ruling.

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Recruiting Student Athletes: A Means-End Investigation of School-Choice Decision Making

Journal of Sport Management ◽

10.1123/jsm.15.2.95 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 95-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

David B. Klenosky ◽

Thomas J. Templin ◽

Josh A. Troutmam

Keyword(s):

School Choice ◽

Ncaa Division I ◽

Student Athletes ◽

Division I ◽

Football Players ◽

Athletic Programs ◽

Interviewing Technique ◽

Collegiate Football ◽

Insight Into ◽

Selection Of

This paper reports the results of an empirical study that draws on a means-end perspective to examine the factors influencing the school choice decisions of collegiate student athletes. A sample of 27 NCAA Division I collegiate football players were questioned to identify the attributes that differentiated the school they selected from the others they had considered attending. The interviewing technique known as laddering was then used to link the salient attributes of the chosen school to the consequences and personal values important to the athlete. An analysis of the resulting data provided unique insight into the means-end relationships that underlie students' selection of competing athletic programs. A discussion of the study findings outlined the implications of this investigation and the means-end approach for future recruiting and research efforts.

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