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Internal and external training load in men’s professional padel players: A positional comparison in the Premier Padel circuit

Álvaro Bustamante-Sánchez
1
,
Diego Muñoz
2
,
Sergio José Ibáñez
2
,
Adrián Escudero-Tena
1
,
Rafael Conde-Ripoll
1

  1. Universidad Europea de Madrid. Department of Sports Sciences. Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports. Calle Tajo, s/n, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
  2. Research Group in Optimization of Training and Sports Performance (GOERD), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain
Biol Sport.2026;43:1061–1070
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.154149
Online publish date: 2026/03/24
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