Physiological Demands of Match Play and Training in Elite Adolescent Footballers

2005 ◽  
pp. 483-484
1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Bergeron

A 17-year-old, nationally ranked, male tennis player (AH) had been experiencing heat cramps during tennis match play. His medical history and previous physical exams were unremarkable, and his in-office blood chemistry profiles were normal. On-court evaluation and an analysis of a 3-day dietary record revealed that AH's sweat rate was extensive (2.5 L · hr−1) and that his potential daily on-court sweat sodium losses (89.8 mmol · hr of play') could readily exceed his average daily intake of sodium (87.0-174.0 mmol · day−1). The combined effects of excessive and repeated fluid and sodium losses likely predisposed AH to heat cramps during play. AH was ultimately able to eliminate heat cramps during competition and training by increasing his daily dietary intake of sodium.


2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 877-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Piras ◽  
Milena Raffi ◽  
Charalampos Atmatzidis ◽  
Franco Merni ◽  
Rocco Di Michele

AbstractRunning with the ball is a soccer-specific activity frequently used by players during match play and training drills. Nevertheless, the energy cost (EC) of on-grass running with the ball has not yet been determined. The purpose of this study was therefore to assess the EC of constant-speed running with the ball, and to compare it with the EC of normal running. Eight amateur soccer players performed two 6- min runs at 10 km/h on artificial turf, respectively with and without the ball. EC was measured with indirect calorimetry and, furthermore, estimated with a method based on players’ accelerations measured with a GPS receiver. The EC measured with indirect calorimetry was higher in running with the ball (4.60±0.42 J/kg/m) than in normal running (4.19±0.33 J/kg/m), with a very likely moderate difference between conditions. Instead, a likely small difference was observed between conditions for EC estimated from GPS data (4.87±0.07 vs. 4.83±0.08 J/kg/m). This study sheds light on the energy expenditure of playing soccer, providing relevant data about the EC of a typical soccer-specific activity. These findings may be a reference for coaches to precisely determine the training load in drills with the ball, such as soccer-specific circuits or small-sided games.


2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  

Endurance testing has a long tradition in the Swiss Orienteering Federation. It has become an important tool in monitoring effectiveness of training and in assessing endurance performance. The vast majority of athletes and coaches indicate that sport science is meaningful and endurance testing is of high informative value for them. Endurance testing is regularly done in the lab, but also field tests are carried out each year. They particularly empower and support athletes in their specific preparation for important competitions. Also in the future new competition formats can be prepared and training may be monitored by a new format of specific tests. In various endurance sports physiological demands may be similar. Therefore an improved exchange of knowledge, skills, and other insights between different sport federations about endurance testing is mostly desirable. In Switzerland this knowledge transfer should be further enhanced.


2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Fernandez-Fernandez ◽  
David Sanz-Rivas ◽  
Alberto Mendez-Villanueva

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1759-1768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Young ◽  
Marco Beato ◽  
Laurent Mourot ◽  
Giuseppe Coratella

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1287-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean G. Higham ◽  
David B. Pyne ◽  
Judith M. Anson ◽  
Will G. Hopkins ◽  
Anthony Eddy

Brain Injury ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 1811-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan O’Connell ◽  
Fiona Wilson ◽  
Noreen Boyle ◽  
Tom O’Dwyer ◽  
Karl Denvir ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo V. Gomes ◽  
Aaron J. Coutts ◽  
Luis Viveiros ◽  
Marcelo S. Aoki

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Sprouse ◽  
Jon Alty ◽  
Steve Kemp ◽  
Charlotte Cowie ◽  
Ritan Mehta ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives To determine the incidence and characteristics of injury and illness in English men’s and women’s senior and youth international football. Methods Time-loss injuries and illnesses, alongside match and training exposure, were collected across 8 seasons (2012–2020) in youth (U15, U16, U17, U18, U19) and senior (U20, U21, U23, senior) English men’s and women’s international teams. Analysis of incidence, burden, and severity of injury and illness was completed. Sex-specific comparisons were made between the senior and youth groups, and across the 8 seasons of data collection. Results In men’s international football, 535 injuries were recorded (216 senior; 319 youth) during 73,326 h of exposure. Overall, match injury incidence (31.1 ± 10.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (454.0 ± 195.9 d absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (4.0 ± 1.0 injuries/1000 h) and burden (51.0 ± 21.8 d absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women’s international football, 503 injuries were recorded (senior: 177; youth: 326) during 80,766 h of exposure and match injury incidence (27.6 ± 11.3 injuries/1000 h) and burden (506.7 ± 350.2 days absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (5.1 ± 1.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (87.6 ± 32.8 days absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women’s international football, a group × season interaction was observed for training injury incidence (P = 0.021), with the senior group recording a greater training injury incidence during the 2015–2016 season compared to the youth group (14.4 vs 5.7 injuries/1000 h; P = 0.022). There was no difference in injury severity between match and training for men’s (P = 0.965) and women’s (P = 0.064) international football. Conclusions The findings provide a comprehensive examination of injury and illness in English men’s and women’s senior and youth international football. Practitioners will be able to benchmark their team’s injury and illness incidence and characteristics to the match-play and training information provided in the present study.


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