Biology of Sport
eISSN: 2083-1862
ISSN: 0860-021X
Biology of Sport
Current Issue Manuscripts accepted About the journal Editorial board Abstracting and indexing Archive Ethical standards and procedures Contact Instructions for authors Journal's Reviewers Special Information
Editorial System
Submit your Manuscript
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Search
Editorial Policies
Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications

Open access

without publication fees
Share:
Send email
Share:
Original paper

Weekly external load distribution in football teams of different competitive levels

Diogo Coutinho
1, 2
,
Diogo Oliveira
1
,
Pedro Lisboa
3
,
Fábio Campos
4
,
Fábio Yuzo Nakamura
1, 2
,
Jorge Baptista
1, 2
,
Eduardo Abade
2, 5, 6

1.
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of Maia, Maia, Portugal
2.
Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, CIDESD, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
3.
Catapult Sports, Melbourne, Australia
4.
Performance Department, Futebol clube Famalicão SAD, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal
5.
Portugal Football School, Portuguese Football Federation, Oeiras, Portugal
6.
Department of Sports Sciences, Exercise and Health, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4):155–164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.133668
Online publish date: 2024/04/25
Article file
- 15_03565_Article.pdf  [0.81 MB]
Get citation
 
PlumX metrics:
 
1. Los Arcos A, Mendez-Villanueva A, Martínez-Santos R. In-season training periodization of professional soccer players. Biol Sport. 2017; 34(2):149–55. Epub 20170101. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2017.64588. PubMed PMID: 28566808; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5424454.
2. Martin-Garcia A, Gomez Diaz A, Bradley PS, Morera F, Casamichana D. Quantification of a Professional Football Team’s External Load Using a Microcycle Structure. J Strength Cond Res. 2018; 32(12):3511–8. doi: 10.1519/JSC .0000000000002816. PubMed PMID: 30199452.
3. Buchheit M, Lacome M, Cholley Y, Simpson BM. Neuromuscular Responses to Conditioned Soccer Sessions Assessed via GPS-Embedded Accelerometers: Insights Into Tactical Periodization. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2018; 13(5):577–83. Epub 20180522. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0045. PubMed PMID: 28872370.
4. Oliva-Lozano JM, Gómez-Carmona CD, Fortes V, Pino-Ortega J. Effect of training day, match, and length of the microcycle on workload periodization in professional soccer players: a full-season study. Biol Sport. 2022; 39(2):397–406. Epub 20210601. doi: 10.5114/biolsport .2022.106148. PubMed PMID: 35309541; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8919886.
5. Akenhead R, Harley JA, Tweddle SP. Examining the External Training Load of an English Premier League Football Team With Special Reference to Acceleration. J Strength Cond Res. 2016; 30(9):2424–32. Epub 2016/01/29. doi: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000001343. PubMed PMID: 26817740.
6. Castillo D, Raya-González J, Weston M, Yanci J. Distribution of External Load During Acquisition Training Sessions and Match Play of a Professional Soccer Team. J Strength Cond Res. 2021; 35(12):3453–8. doi: 10.1519/jsc .0000000000003363. PubMed PMID: 31469765.
7. Douchet T, Paizis C, Carling C, Cometti C, Babault N. Typical weekly physical periodization in French academy soccer teams: a survey. Biol Sport. 2023; 40(3):731–40. Epub 20221014. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2023.119988. PubMed PMID: 37398965; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10286623.
8. Malone JJ, Di Michele R, Morgans R, Burgess D, Morton JP, Drust B. Seasonal training-load quantification in elite English premier league soccer players. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2015; 10(4):489–97. Epub 20141113. doi: 10.1123/ijspp .2014-0352. PubMed PMID: 25393111.
9. Swallow WE, Skidmore N, Page RM, Malone JJ. An examination of in-season external training load in semi-professional soccer players: considerations of one and two match weekly microcycles. Int J Sports Sci Coach. 2021; 16(1):192–9. doi: 10.1177/1747954120951762.
10. Oliveira R, Brito J, Martins A, Mendes B, Calvete F, Carriço S, et al. In-season training load quantification of one-, two-and three-game week schedules in a top European professional soccer team. Physiol Behav. 2019; 201:146–56. Epub 2018 1206. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018 .11.036. PubMed PMID: 30529511.
11. Clemente FM, Owen A, Serra-Olivares J, Nikolaidis PT, van der Linden CMI, Mendes B. Characterization of the Weekly External Load Profile of Professional Soccer Teams from Portugal and the Netherlands. J Hum Kinet. 2019; 66:155–64. doi: 10.2478/hukin -2018-0054. PubMed PMID: 30988849.
12. Chena M, Morcillo JA, Rodríguez- -Hernández ML, Zapardiel JC, Owen A, Lozano D. The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021; 18(10). Epub 20210511. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105091. PubMed PMID: 34064978; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8151593.
13. Morgans R, Rhodes D, Teixeira J, Modric T, Versic S, Oliveira R. Quantification of training load across two competitive seasons in elite senior and youth male soccer players from an English Premiership club. Biol Sport. 2023:1197–205. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2023.126667.
14. Abade EA, Gonçalves BV, Leite NM, Sampaio JE. Time-motion and physiological profile of football training sessions performed by under-15, under-17 and under-19 elite Portuguese players. Int J Sports Physiol Perform 2014; 9(3):463–70. doi: 10.1123/ijspp .2013-0120. PubMed PMID: 23920425.
15. Coutinho D, Goncalves B, Figueira B, Abade E, Marcelino R, Sampaio J. Typical weekly workload of under 15, under 17, and under 19 elite Portuguese football players. J Sports Sci. 2015; 33(12):1229–37. doi: 10.1080 /02640414.2015.1022575. PubMed PMID: WOS:000353402200004.
16. White A, Hills SP, Cooke CB, Batten T, Kilduff LP, Cook CJ, et al. Match-Play and Performance Test Responses of Soccer Goalkeepers: A Review of Current Literature. Sports Med. 2018; 48(11):2497–516. doi: 10.1007/s402 79-018-0977-2. PubMed PMID: 30144021.
17. Winter EM, Maughan RJ. Requirements for ethics approvals. J Sports Sci. 2009; 27(10):985. doi: 10.1080/026404 10903178344.
18. Scott MT, Scott TJ, Kelly VG. The Validity and Reliability of Global Positioning Systems in Team Sport: A Brief Review. J Strength Cond Res. 2016; 30(5):1470–90. doi: 10.1519/jsc .0000000000001221. PubMed PMID: 26439776.
19. Bastida Castillo A, Gómez Carmona CD, De la Cruz Sánchez E, Pino Ortega J. Accuracy, intra- and inter-unit reliability, and comparison between GPS and UWB-based position-tracking systems used for time-motion analyses in soccer. Eur J Sport Sci. 2018; 18(4):450–7. Epub 20180131. doi: 10.1080 /17461391.2018.1427796. PubMed PMID: 29385963.
20. Castellano J, Casamichana D, Calleja-González J, Román JS, Ostojic SM. Reliability and Accuracy of 10 Hz GPS Devices for Short-Distance Exercise. J Sports Sci Med. 2011; 10(1):233–4. Epub 20110301. PubMed PMID: 24137056; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3737891.
21. Jennings D, Cormack S, Coutts AJ, Boyd LJ, Aughey RJ. Variability of GPS units for measuring distance in team sport movements. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2010; 5(4):565–9. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.5.4.565. PubMed PMID: 21266740.
22. Clemente FM, Rabbani A, Conte D, Castillo D, Afonso J, Truman Clark CC, et al. Training/Match External Load Ratios in Professional Soccer Players: A Full-Season Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019; 16(17):3057. PubMed PMID. doi: 10.3390/ijerph 16173057.
23. Gregson W, Drust B, Atkinson G, Salvo VD. Match-to-Match Variability of High-Speed Activities in Premier League Soccer. International journal of sports medicine. 2010; 31(04):237–42. Epub 2010/02/15. doi: 10.1055/s-0030 -1247546.
24. Ade JD, Harley JA, Bradley PS. Physiological response, time-motion characteristics, and reproducibility of various speed-endurance drills in elite youth soccer players: small-sided games versus generic running. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 2014; 9(3):471–9. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2013-0390.
25. Clemente FM, Silva R, Castillo D, Los Arcos A, Mendes B, Afonso J. Weekly Load Variations of Distance-Based Variables in Professional Soccer Players: A Full-Season Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(9):3300. PubMed PMID. doi: 10.3390/ijerph 17093300.
26. Mohr M, Krustrup P, Bangsbo J. Match performance of high-standard soccer players with special reference to development of fatigue. J Sports Sci. 2003; 21(7):519–28. Epub 2003/07/10. doi: 10.1080/02640410 31000071182. PubMed PMID: 12848386.
27. Castellano J, Casamichana D. What are the differences between first and second divisions of Spanish football teams? Int J Perform Anal Sport. 2015;15(1):135–46. doi: 10.1080/24748668.2015 .11868782.
28. Bradley PS, Carling C, Gomez Diaz A, Hood P, Barnes C, Ade J, et al. Match performance and physical capacity of players in the top three competitive standards of English professional soccer. Hum Mov Sci. 2013; 32(4):808–21. doi: https://doi.org /10.1016/j. humov.2013.06.002.
29. García-Calvo T, Ponce-Bordón JC, Pons E, López Del Campo R, Resta R, Raya-González J. High metabolic load distance in professional soccer according to competitive level and playing positions. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e13318. Epub 20220920. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13318. PubMed PMID: 36157060; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9504445.
30. Young WB, Newton RU, Doyle TL, Chapman D, Cormack S, Stewart G, Dawson B. Physiological and anthropometric characteristics of starters and non-starters and playing positions in elite Australian Rules Football: a case study. J Sci Med Sport. 2005; 8(3):333–45. doi: 10.1016/s1440 -2440(05)80044-1. PubMed PMID: 16248474.
31. Oliveira R, Palucci Vieira LH, Martins A, Brito JP, Nalha M, Mendes B, Clemente FM. In-Season Internal and External Workload Variations between Starters and Non-Starters-A Case Study of a Top Elite European Soccer Team. Medicina (Kaunas). 2021; 57(7). Epub 20210623. doi: 10.3390/medicina 57070645. PubMed PMID: 34201642; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8306595.
32. Rebelo AN, Silva P, Rago V, Barreira D, Krustrup P. Differences in strength and speed demands between 4 v 4 and 8 v 8 small-sided football games. J Sports Sci. 2016; 34(24):2246–54. Epub 2016/06/10. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2016 .1194527. PubMed PMID: 27278256.
33. Casamichana D, Martín-García A, Díaz AG, Bradley PS, Castellano J. Accumulative weekly load in a professional football team: with special reference to match playing time and game position. Biol Sport. 2022; 39(1):115–24. Epub 20210304. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2021.102924. PubMed PMID: 35173370; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8805368.
34. Rey E, Corredoira FJ, Costa PB, Pérez-Ferreirós A, Fernández- -Villarino MA. Acute effects of training load on contractile properties during a competitive microcycle in elite soccer players. Biol Sport. 2020; 37(2):157–63. Epub 20200330. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2020.93041. PubMed PMID: 32508383; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7249794.
35. Clemente FM, Silva R, Castillo D, Los Arcos A, Mendes B, Afonso J. Weekly Load Variations of Distance-Based Variables in Professional Soccer Players: A Full-Season Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020; 17(9). Epub 20200509. doi: 10.3390 /ijerph17093300. PubMed PMID: 32397398; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7246436.
36. Lewis G, Towlson C, Roversi P, Domogalla C, Herrington L, Barrett S. Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units. Plos One. 2022; 17(2):e0263518. doi: 10.1371/journal .pone.0263518.
Copyright: Institute of Sport. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
  
Termedia
About us Contact
Copyright notice Privacy policy Advertising policy Contact us
Quick links
Journals Books eBooks Events
© 2024 Termedia Sp. z o.o.
Developed by Bentus.